Discussion. Literature and Language Coursework.

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The urbanization patterns of African Americans is well-known. This arrangement has been put in mainstream discourse by literary works based on divergent and convergent viewpoints. The urban experience was fundamental to African American literary expression; this appeared as a counterpoint to contrary to the rural South (Gilyard pp.695). The rural southern location is depicted as an ancestral homeland where writers can return. The rural South is reflected via dreams and journeys. The urban experience is positioned differently irrespective of the locality. The city is perceived in the lens of the current and past life. Cities are described by various writers as places o freedom and deliverance. These writers include Frederick Douglass, Weldon Johnson, and Du Bois (Gilyard, pp.695). The high praise of urban areas could be critical reasons that explain the excitement that was seen following the growth of several urban centers.
Some authors were skeptical about urban centres. They argued that cities had demonstrated significant disparities. Henry Louis Gate was a critic of the urban experience; he shows cities’ weakness though elucidating on economic realities of the 1920s and 1930s (Gilyard pp.695); the economic situation at this time was a contrast to the aims of the Harlem Renaissance. America was becoming a slum; this was indicated by high mortality rates, a rise in tuberculosis infections, and shrinking employment opportunities (Gilyard,pp.696). These problems were more pronounced in Harlem than even the rest of New york. We focus on Harlem because it is one of the localities that reflects African-American cultural heritage.
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