Zámbóné Kocic Larisa: Oroonoko and travel literature : race, class and gender. (2020) [Online educational package (e-learning lesson/topic)]
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Oroonoko and travel literature : race, class and gender
Abstract
This lesson provides a brief overview into the English travel narratives of the Restoration era and the 18th century, particularly in their relation to the international slave trade. The major point in the British abolitionist movement will be mapped. The bulk of the lesson, however, concentrates on the 1688 novel Oroonoko written by Aphra Behn. Topic discussed: English travel narratives (precursors and the 18th century); Basic comparison of Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719) and Behn’s Oroonoko (1688); Oroonoko (characters and plot); Britain’s involvement in the Transatlantic Slave Trade; Slave (travel) narratives; Race and gender in Oroonoko
English abstract
This lesson provides a brief overview into the English travel narratives of the Restoration era and the 18th century, particularly in their relation to the international slave trade. The major point in the British abolitionist movement will be mapped. The bulk of the lesson, however, concentrates on the 1688 novel Oroonoko written by Aphra Behn. Topic discussed: English travel narratives (precursors and the 18th century); Basic comparison of Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719) and Behn’s Oroonoko (1688); Oroonoko (characters and plot); Britain’s involvement in the Transatlantic Slave Trade; Slave (travel) narratives; Race and gender in Oroonoko
| Item Type: | Online educational package (e-learning lesson/topic) |
|---|---|
| English title: | Oroonoko and travel literature : race, class and gender |
| Date: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Learning Material Type: | presentation, note, book |
| Completion Time: | 3 óra |
| Difficulty level: | 2 |
| Target group: | Training type Educational type BSc/BA full-time BSc/BA correspondence courses BSc/BA distance-learning |
| Task Purpose: | Megismertetni a hallgatót a 17. és 18. századi angliai rabszolga történelemmel és az utazások irodalmával (travel narratives), illetve azzal, hogy e kettő hogyan fonódik össze a vizsgált korszakban. A tanagyag bevezetést nyújt Aphra Behn Oroonoko című regényébe is. |
| Official URL: | http://ieas-szeged.hu/sociablespirit/ |
| Related URLs: | https://forms.gle/qrHu3bWReRhuBNnL9, https://dtk.tankonyvtar.hu/xmlui/handle/123456789/13540 |
| Projects: | EFOP-3.4.3-16-2016-00014 |
| Subproject: | AP6 |
| Subtopic: | AP6_BTK_2 |
| Department: | Angol-Amerikai Intézet, Angol Tanszék |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Arts |
| Term: | 2020/21/2 |
| Course code: | ANGBA3- Literature Survey Course |
| Course name: | Restoration & Eighteenth-Century English Literature |
| Additional Information: | Behn, Aphra. 2018 (1688). Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave. In The Norton Anthology of English Literature 10th edition. Volume C: The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, edited by James Noggle, 139-186. New York – London: Norton. Locke, John. 2018 (1689/1690). Two Treatises of Government [ch. IV. “On Slavery”]. In The Norton Anthology of English Literature 10th edition. Volume C: The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, edited by James Noggle, 962. New York – London: Norton. Johnson, Samuel. 2018. “A Brief to Free a Slave.” In The Norton Anthology of English Literature 10th edition. Volume C: The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, edited by James Noggle, 979. New York – London: Norton. Equiano, Olaudah. 2018 (1789). The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself. In The Norton Anthology of English Literature 10th edition. Volume C: The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, edited by James Noggle, 980-990. New York – London: Norton. Lipking, Joanna. 2005. “’Others’, Slaves , and Colonists in Oroonoko.” In The Cambridge Companion to Aphra Behn, edited by Derek Hughes and Janet Todd, 166-187. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Morrissey, Lee. 2016. “Transplanting English Plantations in Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko.” The Global South 10 (2): 11-26. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Oroonoko, Aphra Behn, angol irodalom története |
| Uncontrolled English Keywords: | slavery, Aphra Behn, Oroonoko |
| Subjects: | 06. Humanities 06. Humanities > 06.02. Languages and Literature 06. Humanities > 06.02. Languages and Literature > 06.02.05. Specific literatures 06. Humanities > 06.02. Languages and Literature > 06.02.05. Specific literatures > 06.02.05.02. History of literature 06. Humanities > 06.02. Languages and Literature > 06.02.05. Specific literatures > 06.02.05.03. Literary theory and comparative literature, literary styles |
| Date Deposited: | 2020. Aug. 24. 08:27 |
| Last Modified: | 2022. Mar. 09. 15:50 |
| URI: | https://eta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/3236 |
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