![]() Thus Dunlop argues, parts of the text are problematic with some challenging element rising to the surface particularly in regard to the position of both author and narrator and the divergent experiences of the women in the text. Certainly for a reader in the early modern period these elements would have been starkly radical, it is therefore interesting for a modern reader to measure the radicalism of Oroonoko. ![]() Behn’s radicalism lies in challenging the dominant arguments of the period that justified colonialism and in asserting a strong female narrative voice that exudes confidence in the fact that the experiences relayed are valid and accurate. Oroonoko is celebrated as an anti-colonial text that represents non-white cultures as civilised and above all human. Abstract:Īphra Behn’s challenging engagement with Radicalism in Oroonoko measures the perceived radicalism of Behn’s novella by way of close analysis of race and gender. Dunlop argues that at heart of the text there is a fundamental radicalism but that by close analysis of race and gender, some more challenging elements surface for a modern reader. ![]() This essay assesses the perceived radicalism of Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko as an anti-colonial text and questions the privileged position of both the author and speaker as Eurocentric in outlook. ![]()
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