Aphra Behn, Oroonoko (1688) - UCI Humanities

These two poles, fantasy and fact, romance and realism, are constantly worked vs. one another in the novel, but they are connected consistently via a new kind of attitude: curiousity. Much of the novel is taken up with what she calls a long "digression" (51) from the story of Oroonoko (43-51/Penguin 52-60), which is a tourist's account of the ... ................
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