ENGL 2080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Aphra Behn, Oroonoko, Slave Narrative
7 Apr 2015
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What is the relationship: historical relations between our lives and imperialism/slavery/sexual, a critique of mercantile capitalism in a woman"s voice violence. One of the earliest texts written by a women and perhaps the rst. O is not an anti-slavery text novel. Book was largely ignored until 1970; when published it quickly went out of circulation and no one cared. Beginning of 19c o = offensive text; strongly held opinion = women have no place in the public sphere. It is both, a combination (historical romance [ ction] and travel writing [fact]). First two para establishes the relation between fact and ction. 1: this is all true; 2: i saw it all, and what i didn"t see was related to me by the man in question (hearsay). Then i decided to omit things that aren"t interesting (lying by omission): aphra behn = playwright.
