Oroonoko
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Oroonoko is a 1688 prose narrative by Aphra Behn that tells the tragic story of an African prince enslaved in Suriname and is often regarded as an early precursor to the English novel and a significant anti-slavery text.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oroonoko canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early English novel
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ novella ⓘ prose narrative ⓘ |
| addresses |
gender and power dynamics
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moral critique of slavery ⓘ tension between civilization and barbarism ⓘ |
| author | Aphra Behn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacterOrigin | Coramantien (in West Africa) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnding | tragic ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryMovement | Restoration literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReception | canonized in English literature studies ⓘ |
| includesDepictionOf |
European colonial society in Suriname
ⓘ
plantation slavery ⓘ |
| influenced | development of the English novel ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
political fiction
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prose fiction ⓘ romance ⓘ tragedy ⓘ travel narrative ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Imoinda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oroonoko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| narrator | female narrator ⓘ |
| oftenRegardedAs |
early abolitionist work
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precursor to the English novel ⓘ significant anti-slavery text ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | African prince enslaved in Suriname ⓘ |
| protagonistDescribedAs |
African prince
ⓘ
royal slave ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1688 ⓘ |
| setting |
17th century
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Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
feminist literary criticism
ⓘ
postcolonial literary criticism ⓘ |
| theme |
anti-slavery
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betrayal ⓘ colonialism ⓘ freedom ⓘ honor ⓘ nobility ⓘ race ⓘ slavery ⓘ violence ⓘ |
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