![]() ![]() It starts in Africa, telling the backstory of the African prince, Oroonoko, and the cultural traditions that shape his character and values it then follows him to Suriname, chronicling his transformation into slavery. ![]() While short, the story covers a lot of ground. Students claim they are able to understand the role and evolution of the narrator much more clearly after reading this novella, including how and why the 3rd person limited and omniscient narrators were developed. The novel’s narrator is the author (or author surrogate) who tells the tale of the African prince since he is no longer able to tell it himself. It is also a good opportunity for students to practice “finding the main idea” of a sentence by searching for the independent clause a helpful skill for timed, external examinations. ![]() Teachers can use this as an opportunity to guide students through lessons about sentence structure – why and when we use different types of sentences and the effects they have on the reader. Students find the language of the novel difficult, mostly because of its sentence structure (although there are a few good vocabulary words in there as well). ![]() It is deemed to be the first novel written in English, published as a “true history”, making it an interesting study for exploring the ways in which the novel has evolved over the last 300+ years. This novella’s captivating slave narrative holds up as a gripping, tragic story in the 21st century. ![]()
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