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Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave is a work of prose fiction by Aphra Behn (1640–1689), published in 1688 by William Canning and reissued with two other fictions later that year. It was also adapted into a play.
Oroonoko (leia-se Orunoko) é um curto romance feito pela escritora inglesa Aphra Behn e publicado em 1688. A obra, cujo protagonista é um africano, escravizado e levado ao Suriname durante a década de 1660, conta uma trágica relação amorosa e, aparentemente, foi inspirada nas viagens que a própria autora fez às colônias sul ...
Oroonoko, novel by Aphra Behn, published in 1688. Behn’s experiences in the Dutch colony of Surinam in South America provided the plot and the locale for this acclaimed novel about a proud, virtuous African prince who is enslaved and cruelly treated by “civilized” white Christians.
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Coramantien is a brave and warlike nation that participates in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, selling prisoners of war to Western ships. Oroonoko has grown up away from the court, and has been trained to be a great military leader by Imoinda’s father.
Read the 1688 novel by Aphra Behn about a royal slave in Surinam who rebels against his oppressors. Learn about the historical and literary context, themes, characters, and style of Oroonoko at Owl Eyes.
11 de mai. de 2024 · Oroonoko is a novel by Aphra Behn in which Prince Oroonoko of Coramentien becomes a slave in a British colony and leads an unsuccessful revolt....
First published in 1688, Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko is one of the earliest English novels and has been lauded as “the first humanitarian novel in English” (Cross 20). Though classified as a novel, some say Oroonoko is a cultural hybrid as it blends the genres of “mythology, reportage, travelogue, and memoir” (“Oroonoko”).
