LANGSTON HUGHES & THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

By: Jermaine MacDonald

WHO WAS LANGSTON HUGHES?

James Mercer Langston Hughes

A famous American poet, social activist, playwright, and journalist

One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry.

Awards: Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, Spingarn Medal, Quill Award for Poetry

Attended Lincoln & Columbia University

M O T H E R T O S O N BY: L A N G S T O N H U G H E S

Technique: 1 Stanza, Anaphora, Line Break, Enjambment, Metaphor

Tone: Emotional but yet motivational

Relatable

Theme:

Life and it’s hardships and obstacles

J A Z Z O N I A BY: L A N G S T O N H U G H E S

Technique: 6 Stanzas, Anaphora, Assonance, ABA Rhyme Scheme, Enjambment, Allusion

Tone: Contented, Hopeful

Theme: To be forever hopeful for all things

To be positive

G O O D BY E , C H R I S T BY: L A N G S T O N H U G H E S

Technique: 6 Stanzas, Enjambment, line break, Allusion, Apostrophe

Tone: A loss of hope, Somber

Theme: Hopeless however a motive to not be hopeless and to be hopeful which is shown through some of the motivational lines.

L A N G S T O N H U G H E S ’ C O N T R I B U T I O N T O T H E H A R L E M R E N A I SS A N C E

Langston Hughes contributed to the Harlem renaissance by providing individuals with relatable literature that was well written. In addition he allowed people to understand life through his eyes which was very clear to many.