Harlem Renaissance
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- proper noun
- /ˈhɑːrləm ˌrɛnəˈsɑːns/
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Renacimiento de Harlem
- One of the leading and most famous writers and thinkers of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes is known for using jazz rhythms in his poetry and for his colorful, insightful portrayals of the lives of ordinary African Americans.
- Harlem Renaissance writers
Examples
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Each of the six classrooms was introduced to multiple works in various media: music, poetry, and painting related to the Harlem Renaissance.
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The time during the 1920s and early 1930s in Harlem is known as the "Harlem Renaissance" because of the cultural and intellectual community that thrived there.
Academic text (2010) -
There, he became interested in the Harlem Renaissance.
Academic text (2000) -
Balanchine had direct contact with some of these Black bodies during the time of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Dorothy West was a teen when she joined the circle of Harlem Renaissance writers.
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An outstanding complement to classroom units on music, African American history, or the Harlem Renaissance.
Academic text (2008) -
In his junior year, he did a presentation on the Harlem Renaissance, and his teacher told him that he had presented it better than she could have taught it to the class.
Academic text (2014) -
The Harlem Renaissance, we look at it as the African-American enlightenment movement in the United States.
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The Harlem Renaissance was a significant cultural movement that celebrated African-American art, music, and literature.
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Many famous writers emerged from the Harlem Renaissance, including Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is plainly compositional: 'Harlem' names the place and 'Renaissance' denotes a period of cultural revival, so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a revival of art/culture centered in Harlem. While specific historical details (the 1920s, African‑American focus) require background knowledge, the core meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Harlem Renaissance names a lively cultural 'rebirth' in the Harlem neighborhood of New York during the 1920s, when many Black writers, musicians, and artists made exciting new work. That's why the phrase means a time of artistic revival and more attention for Black culture.