ENGL 2174 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Aphra Behn
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Conquest of bengal and expanding possessions in india. Defeat in the american war of independence. Slavery in the ancient vs. modern period. More race-based, out of public view in the 17th century. Hardships of the (cid:862)middle passage(cid:863) - uprooting. North america consisted of 5%, the remaining consisted within the caribbean, the guianas, and brazil. England entered the slave trade (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) a. b. "s stay i(cid:374) Uri(cid:374)a(cid:373) (cid:894)early (cid:1005)6(cid:1004)(cid:1004)"s(cid:895) a(cid:374)d the pu(cid:271)li(cid:272)atio(cid:374) of oro(cid:374)ooko i(cid:374) Charles ii and james ii founded a company for slave trade. Subsequently viewed as brutal and kept segregated. Degrees of complicity and critique of the established regime. Analogy with prostitution- mask wearing prostitutes (cid:894)authority of the (cid:862)i(cid:863) gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) her ge(cid:374)der. (cid:895) Old world (cid:862)ro(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) (cid:894)a produ(cid:272)t of fa(cid:374)(cid:272)y(cid:895) a(cid:374)d new. World (cid:862)proto-(cid:374)o(cid:448)el(cid:863) (cid:894)a (cid:862)true relatio(cid:374)(cid:863) of e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ts (cid:271)ased on experience empirism. A. b. negotiating old values and new audiences.
