LITERATURE QUESTIONS
CULTURAL AND LITERARY (18TH 19TH) CENTURIES
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like a romance, it focuses on an aristocratic character considered superior to average individuals.
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like a novel, it tells its story with an emphasis on realistic detail and the everyday passage of time.
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like an epic, it involves gods and goddesses.
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like a novel, it makes claims to historical realism.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Genre and adaptation Oroonoko is an important early example of the novel genre. Not only does it employ a first person narrative from a female perspective, but it also tackles some of the most controversial of the emerging political, social and economic issues of the late 17th century.
Detailed explanation-2: -Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko It follows Oroonoko, an African prince, who is tricked in slavery and eventually leads a rebellion. Oroonoko is credited as one of the earliest examples of the English novel due to its linear structure and biographical account. However, it differs from the modern genre due to its shortness.
Detailed explanation-3: -Despite its inadequacy, the fact that the realistic style is present at all in Oroonoko leads us to the major function of the narrator. It is she who grounds the improbable romantic story in at least a semblance of reality. Very view of the other elements in the novel provide realism.