"oroonoko" - 1 õppematerjal

English literature summary

      Literature  after  the  Restoration  (of  Monarchy  in  1660)  –  rich  and  many-­‐sided,  covering   poetry,   drama,   non-­‐fiction,   literary   criticism   and   the   emergence   of   the   first   English   novel.   Traditionally   Daniel   Defoe’s   Robinson   Crusoe   (1719)   or   Moll   Flanders   (1722);   nowadays  Aphra  Behn’s  Oroonoko  published  in  1688  is  cited  as  the  first  English  novel.   Aphra   Behn   is   also   the   first   English   professional   female   literary   writer.   So   many   candidates  because  it  is  not  clear  what  qualifies  as  a  novel  and  what  not.