Concetti Chiave
- Langston Hughes was a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance, influencing the negro literary movement of the 1920s.
- He experimented with various literary forms, integrating Afro-American musical rhythms into his poetry.
- His writings explored themes of racial identity and discrimination, reflecting the struggles and aspirations of African Americans.
- Despite early family challenges, Hughes pursued education and world travel, which enriched his literary work.
- He was an innovator in theater, founding the Harlem Suitcase Theater with a unique stage design.
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Influenza letteraria e sperimentazione
Poet, story-writer and dramatist, he was a major influence in the negro literary movement of the Twenties. He tried his hand at virtually every form of literature. After starting writing poems in the conventional form, he experimented with free verse, adapting the rhythms of Afro-American music to poetry. The themes of his works range from his own negritude to racial protest, expressing the aspirations and frustrations of Negroes in an American that still discriminate them.
Infanzia e relazioni familiari
Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1902. His parents separated shortly after he was born and his father moved to Mexico. Up to the age of 18 he lived with his mother, but, after graduating from High School, he went to stay his father, a man whose only interest was making money. Their relationship proved quite difficult and soon ended in separation. After a year at Columbia University in New York City, Hughes decided to stop studying and started touring the world.
Viaggi e contributo al Rinascimento di Harlem
In 1923 he went to Africa, as if returning to his motherland. But, disappointed by the hostile reaction of the Africans, who saw the American in him more than the African, he left Africa and spent some time in Paris, where he worked as a waiter in nightclubs. After returning to America he resumed his studies and, in 1929, graduated from Lincoln University, Pensylvania. Meanwhile, he had started writing and publishing, thus contributing to the Harlem Renaissance.
Teatro e ultimi anni
He continued his travels, and also visited the Soviet Union. In the 1930s he founded and directed the Harlem Suitcase Theater, for which he even designed a revolutionary central stage with the audience all around it. He died in 1967.
Domande da interrogazione
- Qual è stata l'influenza di Langston Hughes nel movimento letterario degli anni Venti?
- Come sono state le relazioni familiari di Langston Hughes durante la sua infanzia?
- Qual è stato il contributo di Langston Hughes al Rinascimento di Harlem?
Langston Hughes è stato una figura di spicco nel movimento letterario negro degli anni Venti, sperimentando con il verso libero e adattando i ritmi della musica afro-americana alla poesia, trattando temi di negritudine e protesta razziale.
Langston Hughes è cresciuto con sua madre dopo la separazione dei genitori e ha avuto una relazione difficile con il padre, che si è conclusa con una separazione dopo un breve periodo di convivenza.
Dopo aver viaggiato in Africa e in Europa, Langston Hughes è tornato in America, dove ha ripreso gli studi e iniziato a scrivere e pubblicare, contribuendo così al Rinascimento di Harlem.
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