Oroonoko
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Oroonoko is a 1688 prose narrative by Aphra Behn that tells the tragic story of an African prince enslaved in Suriname and is often regarded as an early precursor to the English novel and a significant anti-slavery text.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oroonoko canonical | 2 |
| Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4557700 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oroonoko Context triple: [Aphra Behn, notableWork, Oroonoko]
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A.
Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams
Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams is a 1794 novel by William Godwin that combines political critique with a suspenseful narrative about persecution, power, and social injustice in late 18th-century England.
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B.
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia is a philosophical novel by Samuel Johnson that explores the nature of happiness and the human condition through the travels and reflections of an Ethiopian prince.
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C.
Vandover and the Brute
Vandover and the Brute is a naturalist novel by Frank Norris that explores a young man's moral and psychological degeneration in late 19th-century San Francisco.
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D.
Moll Flanders
Moll Flanders is a 1722 novel by Daniel Defoe that follows the picaresque life of a resourceful woman who survives through crime, deception, and multiple marriages in 17th-century England.
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E.
The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’
The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’ is an 1897 novella by Joseph Conrad that explores themes of racial otherness, isolation, and solidarity among sailors aboard a storm-tossed ship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oroonoko Target entity description: Oroonoko is a 1688 prose narrative by Aphra Behn that tells the tragic story of an African prince enslaved in Suriname and is often regarded as an early precursor to the English novel and a significant anti-slavery text.
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A.
Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams
Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams is a 1794 novel by William Godwin that combines political critique with a suspenseful narrative about persecution, power, and social injustice in late 18th-century England.
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B.
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia is a philosophical novel by Samuel Johnson that explores the nature of happiness and the human condition through the travels and reflections of an Ethiopian prince.
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C.
Vandover and the Brute
Vandover and the Brute is a naturalist novel by Frank Norris that explores a young man's moral and psychological degeneration in late 19th-century San Francisco.
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D.
Moll Flanders
Moll Flanders is a 1722 novel by Daniel Defoe that follows the picaresque life of a resourceful woman who survives through crime, deception, and multiple marriages in 17th-century England.
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E.
The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’
The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’ is an 1897 novella by Joseph Conrad that explores themes of racial otherness, isolation, and solidarity among sailors aboard a storm-tossed ship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early English novel
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literary work ⓘ novella ⓘ prose narrative ⓘ |
| addresses |
gender and power dynamics
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moral critique of slavery ⓘ tension between civilization and barbarism ⓘ |
| author | Aphra Behn ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave
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linked to:
Oroonoko
|
| hasCharacterOrigin | Coramantien (in West Africa) ⓘ |
| hasEnding | tragic ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryMovement |
Restoration literature
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linked to:
Restoration theatre
|
| hasReception | canonized in English literature studies ⓘ |
| includesDepictionOf |
European colonial society in Suriname
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plantation slavery ⓘ |
| influenced | development of the English novel ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
political fiction
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prose fiction ⓘ romance ⓘ tragedy ⓘ travel narrative ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Imoinda
ⓘ
Oroonoko ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| narrator | female narrator ⓘ |
| oftenRegardedAs |
early abolitionist work
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precursor to the English novel ⓘ significant anti-slavery text ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | African prince enslaved in Suriname ⓘ |
| protagonistDescribedAs |
African prince
ⓘ
royal slave ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1688 ⓘ |
| setting |
17th century
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Suriname ⓘ West Africa ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
feminist literary criticism
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postcolonial literary criticism ⓘ |
| theme |
anti-slavery
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betrayal ⓘ colonialism ⓘ freedom ⓘ honor ⓘ nobility ⓘ race ⓘ slavery ⓘ violence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oroonoko Description of subject: Oroonoko is a 1688 prose narrative by Aphra Behn that tells the tragic story of an African prince enslaved in Suriname and is often regarded as an early precursor to the English novel and a significant anti-slavery text.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Oroonoko