![]() The problem of family honour traditionally associated with the East is raised in the analysis of the first part of the novel. ![]() Behn’s subversion of traditional oppositions of civility and barbarity in relation to England and English colonies and Africa is made explicit using the example of Oroonoko, the hero of the novel, who conforms to all the standards of beauty and good education. The prejudices towards Blacks in English culture are revealed, above all, the association of the black skin with vice, monstrosity and sexuality. After a brief overview of the representation of the nations other than English in Aphra Behn’s plays, including her contribution to the prejudices against the Dutch, the main attention is paid to her novel Oroonoko, where a set of binary oppositions of Black and White, Christian and Heathen can be found. The topical questions of race, nationality and religion are discussed in relation to seventeenth-century England. ![]() Sell’s idea of dialogicality in literature. ![]() ![]() The theoretical basis for the article is M. The article deals with the issue of dialogical communication in Oroonoko, or The History of the Royal Slave (1688) by Aphra Behn. ![]()
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