Aims: to give students information about Harlem Renaissance; to emphasize the importance of Harlem Renaissance in Afro-American literature; to teach students the influence of Harlem Renaissance. Objectives

Afro-American Writers. Harlem Renaissance
Plan:
1.Representatives of Afro-American Writers
2.Harlem Renaissance History
3.Harlem Renaissance Literature and Art
Aims:
- to give students information about Harlem Renaissance;
- to emphasize the importance of Harlem Renaissance in Afro-American literature;
- to teach students the influence of Harlem Renaissance.
Objectives:
- to explain students the results of Harlem Renaissance ;
- to enhance students’ knowledge about Afro-American writers;
Learning outcomes:
- to introduce the theme and improve their knowledge about it;
- to give an opinion about literature and its functions;
- to analyze the characters of each literary works.
Keywords: Harlem Renaissance, African - American literature, slavery, New Negro Movement, the Great Migration.
Bibliography:
1.Davis, Thadious. Nella Larsen, Novelist of the Harlem
Renaissance: A Woman’s Life Unveiled. Baton Rouge, La., 1994.
2.Douglas, Ann. Terrible Honesty: Mongrel Manhattan in the 1920s. New York, 1995.
3.Huggins, Nathan Irvin. Harlem Renaissance. New York, 1973.
4.Lewis, David Levering. When Harlem Was in Vogue. 2d ed. New York, 1997.
5.Locke, Alain, ed. The New Negro: Voices of the Harlem Renaissance. 1925

African - American literature tends to target themes of specific stress to Black individuals, for instance, the role of African - Americans within the vast American society and problems like African- American culture, racism, discrimination, religion, slavery, freedom, and equality. This focus began with the earliest African- American writings, like the slave narrative genre within the early nineteenth century, and continues with the works of the many modern authors.

Another peculiarity of African-American literature is its robust tradition of incorporating oral poetry into itself. There are several samples of oral poetry in African-American culture, like spirituals, African -American gospel music, blues and rap. This oral poetry additionally shows up within the African-American tradition of Christian sermons, that use deliberate repetition, cadence and rhyme. All of those samples of oral poetry have created their means into African -American literature.
One of the primary distinguished African -American authors was poet Phillis Wheatley (1753–84), who printed her book Poems on Various Subjects in 1773, 3 years before the American independence. Born in Republic of Senegal, Africa, Phillis Wheatley was captured and sold-out into slavery once she was seven. In America, she was possessed by a Boston merchandiser. Although she did not know English at first, by the time she was sixteen she had mastered the language. Her poetry was valued by several of the leading figures of the American Revolution, George Washington, who in person thanked her for a literary work she wrote in his honor. Despite this, several white people found it exhausting to believe that a black woman can be so intelligent to write poetry. As a result, Phillis Wheatley had to defend herself in court by claiming she really wrote her own poetry. Some critics cite Wheatley's prosperous defense as the initial recognition of African -American literature.