6/28/2023 0 Comments Northanger abbey sparknotes![]() ![]() While their stories are unique, through a female narrative voice both women are able to situate themselves according to how they would like their readers to view them. Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko, tells the story of an African prince who becomes captured and forced into slavery in the British colony of Surinam in the West Indies, while Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey follows the life of her protagonist, Catherine, through her journeys at Bath and Northanger Abbey. Such was the case of two famous texts that are read through a female narrative voice, Oroonoko and Northanger Abbey. The decision to become a female author in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was a daunting task in itself, never mind choosing to narrate your work from a female, personal perspective. Oroonoko The Significance of the Female Pen in Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko and Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey CarlyAnn Galuska College Join Now Log in Home Literature Essays Northanger Abbey The Significance of the Female Pen in Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko and Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey ![]()
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