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2.84 AVERAGE
2.84 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
informative
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Considering the time period this was published in, I was surprised at how into the story I was. Its a compelling tale of desperate, commited love that never really catches a break. It was even Romeo-and-Juliet-esque. I loved that this story, despite being published in the 1600s, was narrated by a woman. I'd recommend it, for historical purposes and because it really is a good story.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Nunca me he arrepentido tanto de pagar por un libro
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
medium-paced
Aphra Behn's Oroonoko, Prince of Abyssinia was read for ENG 350H English Novels.
This was a really thought provoking work and the fact that it was a woman publishing it in this time period where most of the Europeans would ignore what was happening to these people is very inspiring.
white saviour bullshit and i really wish it would be taken off so many foundational syllabi because this is the second time i’ve had to read it for a class and if a student isn’t given the proper framework and lens to read this text it’s extremely dangerous. if I hear one argument in tutorial tomorrow about how Behn was a white woman in the 1600s and didn’t intend to be racist blah blah blah... i’m going to yell at my zoom call. There’s no excuse for how BIPOC are written in this novel. She intentionally writes about Black and Indigenous people in a way that denies her any onus in the consequences of white supremacy and it will never be okay or debatable. Behn writes a grossly offensive fictional depiction of enslavement and claims it to be truth, and romanticizes Black pain, violence, and death. The fact that this text is still insisted on within the English canon is insane to me. To any professors who may come across this, PLEASE LISTEN— you can teach this text without forcing your students to read it all. Or at the very least give your students, particularly BIPOC students, prior knowledge of the content and the option to not read it.