![]() ![]() Production notes: This ebook of Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave was published by Global Grey in 2020. This book has 74 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1688. Scholars have argued for over a century about whether or not Behn even visited Surinam. Researchers today cannot say whether or not the narrator of Oroonoko represents Aphra Behn and, if so, tells the truth. This long-awaited Norton Critical Edition of Aphra Behns best-known and most influential work makes available the original 1688 text, the only text. Not immediately successful in her own lifetime, Oroonoko is now the most studied of Aphra Behn's novels. mal coherence directly expresses that objective.The significance ofa text like Oroonoko, Isuggest,derives from its implication in political and apparently mundane events,with the neoclassical author strategically selecting from the different languages made avail-able to her. The story follows him as he falls in love, is sold into slavery, is betrayed by his grandfather, becomes reunited with the woman he loves, and leads a slaves revolt which ends in tragedy. Within this is a historical tale concerning the grandson of an African king, Prince Oroonoko. ![]() The narrator opens with an account of the colony of Surinam and its native people. In this paper, we argue that Aphra Behns Oroonoko is a colonial text that has frequent instances of othering and misrepresentation conducted owing to the writers Eurocentrism and her use of. Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave is a short work of prose fiction by Aphra Behn, published in 1688. Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave Aphra BehnĪvailable to download for free in PDF, epub, and Kindle ebook formats. ![]()
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