Commitment and Racial Uplift in African-American Literature from the Harlem Renaissance to Black Nationalism

GBASSI Ayah Juliette

Revue Ivoirienne de Langues Étrangères – Numéro 9 (2015) Page(s) 1 - 10 ISSN 2076-6130

This article aims at showing the way different and sometimes contradictory perceptions of the notion of commitment have contributed in improving African -American literature and the image of black people. Born in a historical and political context of struggle for the recognition of the dignity of black communities, this literature has always been more or less committed. However, the movement of the Harlem Renaissance was a turning point in the development of African -American literature in that, it allowed literary critics and novelists to think not only over their common fate, but also over the role of literature in their quest for social and literary advancement. These different conceptions of the notion of commitment have played a role in the social and literary p 2

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GBASSI Ayah Juliette. « Commitment and Racial Uplift in African-American Literature from the Harlem Renaissance to Black Nationalism ». Revue Ivoirienne de Langues Étrangères, Numéro 9, 2015, p. 1. ISSN 2076-6130.