Harlem Renaissance & Plum Bun

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Across
  1. 6. Poetry that is not bound by the constraints of
  2. 9. A cultural minority group begins to adopt the norms and behaviors of the cultural majority
  3. 10. A film editing technique borrowed by writers to connect colliding or disjointed ideas together
  4. 11. Negro A movement within the Harlem Renaissance period to reclaim black folk culture as something worth celebrating and distinct from whiteness
Down
  1. 1. A genre of novel focusing on the development and growth of a character - coming-of-age stories
  2. 2. A form of Americana rooted in plantation work songs and spirituals, call and response AAB rhyme format, popularized the 3-chord, 12-bar structure
  3. 3. A coming-of-age, or developmental novel focusing on the growth or emergence of an artist character
  4. 4. Last name of Harlem Renaissance poet, novelist, and screenwriter known for Jazz-inspired language and structure within his work
  5. 5. An offshoot of Jazz that appeared in the late-1940s characterized by fast tempos and complex syncopation
  6. 7. The NYC borough that became a hotbed of African American culture in the early 20th century
  7. 8. A descendent of the Blues, focused on abstraction and exploration between instruments and singers, swing on the upbeat.