Oroonoko and travel literature : race, class and gender

Zámbóné Kocic Larisa: Oroonoko and travel literature : race, class and gender. (2020) [Online oktatási csomag (e-learning lecke/téma)]

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Oroonoko and travel literature : race, class and gender

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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

Angol nyelvű abstract, leírás

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

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