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There can be no doubt that the emergence of the Negro writer in the post-war period stemmed, in part, from the fact that he was inclined to exploit the opportunity to write about himself. It was more than that, however, the movement that has variously been called the “Harlem Renaissance,” the “black Renaissance” and the “New Negro Movement” was essentially a part of the growing interest of American literary circles in the immediate and pressing social and economic problems. This growing interest coincided with two developments in Negro life that fostered the growth of the New Negro Movement. These two factors, the keener realization of injustice and the improvement of the capacity for e4xpression, produced a crop of Negro writers who constituted the “Harlem Renaissance”
. k0 B) H4 W, V1 d0 u7 V The literature of the Harlem Renaissance was, for the most part, the work of a race-conscious group. Through poetry, prose, and song, the writers cried out against social and economic wrongs. They protested against segregation and lynching. They demanded higher wages, shorter hours, and better conditions of work. They stood for full social equality and first-class citizenship. The new vision of social and economic freedom which they had did not force them to embrace the several foreign ideologies that sought to sink their roots in some American groups during the period.
% l9 d* Z' T: T" |* Y& ^& W2 g3 O The writers of the Harlem Renaissance, bitter and cynical as some of them were, gave little attention to the propaganda of the socialists and communists. The editor of the Messenger ventured the opinion that the New Negro was the “product of the same world-wide forces that have brought into being the great liberal and radical movements that are now seizing the reins of power in all the civilized countries of the world. Such forces may have produced the New Negro, but the most articulate of the group did not resort to advocating the type of political action that would have subvert American constitutional government. Indeed, the writers of the Hamlm Renaissance were protesting its inefficient operation. In this approach they proved as characteristically as any writers of the period. Like his contemporaries, the negro writer was extremely becoming more aware of American’s pressing problems; and like the others, he was willing to use his art, not only to contribute to the great body of American culture but to improve the culture of which he was a part. 2 a- r! E, G1 W! ~9 e
It seems possible, moreover, for he historian to assign to the Negro writer a role that, he didn’t assume. There were doubtless many who were not immediately concerned with the injustice heaped on the Negro. Some contrived their poems, novels and songs merely for the sake of art, while others took up their pens to escape the sordid aspects of their writings; it is because the writings flow out of their individual and group experiences. This is not to say that such writings were not effective as protest literature, but rather that nit all the authors were conscious crusades for a better world. As a matter of fact, it was this detachment, this objectivity, that made it possible for many of the writers of the Harlem Renaissance to achieve a mobility of expression and a poignancy of feeling in their writings that placed them among the masters if recent American literature. - W2 d4 M& f# Q- Q
6.The author id primarily concerned with ____.
! r! F9 s; c/ S/ C% V A.Analyzing stages in the development of the New Negro Movement into the Harlem Renaissance.
0 P6 J/ i" C9 O6 j0 g$ V. r B.Arguing that the literature of the Harlem Renaissance arise from the willingness of black writers to portray their own lives.]
* n9 \, W" m& `- C5 \0 l } C.providing examples of the injustice protested by the writers of the Harlem Renaissance.
& P- P q; T. {7 ~2 Y8 m0 P; @ D.Describing the social and political background that led to the blossoming of the Harlem Renaissance. 0 u ^2 @) O- u3 t6 B" ^: u
7.Which of the following is implied by the statements that the writers of the Harlem Renaissance “were not so much revolting against the system as they were protesting its efficient operation”? 中华考试网(www．Examw。com) j% ]% y! S) U; w$ f0 _8 @2 T
A.Black writers played only a minor part in protesting the injustice if the period. 1 q3 v" z* P" l% h q; S! W# U
B.Left to itself, the system was sure to operate efficiently. + N e) N/ u* ~+ n7 F
C.Black writers in general were not opposed to the system as such. & y- {' ?' k% e: l
D.Black writers were too caught up in aesthetic philosophy to identify the true nature if the conflict. . _" {3 h5 b8 W1 t
8.With which of the following statements regarding the writers of the Harlem Renaissance would be the author most likely agree?
4 X8 f$ h! c# C `/ P+ ]* k A.They needed to increase their commitment to international solidarity. 2 \; u" }6 G5 }& g# i0 ^, x
B.Their detachment from their increasing social and political consciousness into art. $ x, T# y/ R: ]% a. K' N9 L2 d
9.The information in the passage suggests that the author is most likely _____. . K% R6 ]/ P4 H# S: f, @
A.A black writer of diction interested in discovering new facts about his literature roots. ) L7 W+ |3 @) U2 e
B.A historian concerned with presenting socially conscious black writers of the period as loyal Americans 4 M) E3 D+ p* _" K4 Y3 E. W3 p
C.An educator involved in fostering creative writing projects for minority youths 8 N6 H# W& S* Z1 B) D
D.A researcher with questions about the validity of his sources 1 p x! |! u2 V
10.The passage supplies information for answering which of the following questions?
$ J! t, D. q$ \) ] A.Who were the leading exponents of protest literature during the Harlem Renaissance. % S( x7 {0 s: Q# r; i2 P0 g
B.Why were the writers of the Harlem Renaissance in rebellion against foreign ideological system?
; r' O( B o3 R C.How did black writers in the postwar period define the literature tradition to which they belonged? & F/ @, \5 {# {# i7 u' E ?
D.With what specific socioeconomic causes did the black writers of the postwar period associate themselves? |
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