MIDTERM Flashcards
Anowa
Ama Ata Aidoo
Anowa, Ama Ata Aidoo
1970
Oroonoko or The Royal Slave:A True History
Aphra Behn
Oroonoko or The Royal Slave:A True History
Aphra Behn
1688
Candide or the Optimism
Francois-Marie Arouet [Voltaire]
Candide or the Optimism
Francois-Marie Arouet [Voltaire]
1759
“The Social Contract”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“The Social Contract”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1762
from “A Vindication of the Rights of Women”
Mary Wollstonecraft
from “A Vindication of the Rights of Women”
Mary Wollstonecraft
1792
“The Rights of Women”
Anna Letitia Barbauld
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African
Olaudah Equiano
“The Rights of Women”
Anna Letitia Barbauld
1795
The Interesting Narrative of the LIfe of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African
Olaudah Equiano
1789
“An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?”
Immanuel Kant
“AN Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?”
Immanuel Kant
1784
“The Slave Ship”
Heinrich Heine
“The Slave Ship”
Heinrich Heine
1854
Anowa
young woman who grows up
only child, not married, mother worries, marries Kofi Ako, hardworker, leaves Yebi, drowns herself
Badua
Anowa’s mother-worried about her daughter, complains at the beginning but cries at the end
Kofi Ako
Anowa’s husband, games, inherited land, did all the work then bought slaves then did nothing, begins to conform to the community, Anowa claimed he had become a woman, her man who expands
Anowa historical context
Bond of 1844
Great Britain and the Black Atlantic
Ama Ata Aidoo characterizes women in Ghana Society speparating stereotypes
effects of slavery and capitalism
Anowa
Osam
Anowas father, peacemaker between mother and daughter, feels Anowa should experience things to learn
Old Man and Old Woman
community-split opinions
Oroonooko is from
Coramatien present day Ghana
Caesar was killed by his friends–> relates to
Oroonoko being betrayed by Byam and killed for leading slave revolt
In ____________ the king steals Imoinda from her lover
Oroonoko or The Royal Slave: A True History
Oroonoko kills Imoinda because
it is the only escape, they will reconcile in the afterlife, the power lies within their hands
loyalty to the king, treason=worst thing you can do, betrayal leads to tragedy
Oroonoko, Aphra Behn loyalist to Charles I
Narration in Oroonoko=
subjection narration-first person, unreliable at first, tries to get reader to share their side, one-sided view of the hero of the play
spoke French/English, perfect ebony skin, The Black Prince, treated more like a governor than a slave
Oroonoko
Caesar
Oroonoko’s slave name
Imoinda
Queen of Night, Old General’s daugher, sold into slavery after Oroonoko tries to rescue her
The King-Oroonoko’s grandfather that
steals Imoinda from Oroonoko