1. Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe & Oroonoko Aphra Bahn Lauren Towne Engl 121-803 December 10 th, 2013

3. Time Period Oroonoko Oroonoko ► Written in 1688 ► Female English writer ► Written in England Robinson Crusoe ► Written in 1719 ► Male English Writer ► Written in England

4. England During the Late 1600s through 1700s ► Many colonies across the globe ► Control of colonies in North America, South America, and Africa ► Growing wealth and socio-economic power

5. Setting Oroonoko ► Africa (modern day Ghana) (modern day Ghana) ► South America (Surinam) Robinson Crusoe ► England ► Africa ► South America (Brazil) ► Remote Island

6. Themes ► Self Awareness ► Slavery Both of these themes are apparent in both Oroonoko and Robinson Crusoe

7. Relationship Between Both Novels ► Both written by English authors ► Written in similar time periods ► Share common settings (Africa and South America) ► Robinson Crusoe owns a plantation in Brazil and heads to Africa to purchase slaves ► Oroonoko is an African native who is sold into slavery to a plantation in Surinam (South America)

8. Works Cited ► Behn, Aphra. Oroonoko. Ed. Joanna Lipking. New York: W.W. Norton, 1997. Print. ► Defoe, Daniel, and N. C. Wyeth. Robinson Crusoe. New York: Scribner, 1983. Print. ► Oroonoko. N.d. Photograph. Goodreads.com. Goodreads.com, 7 Apr. 2012. Web. 8 Dec. 2013.. ► Robinson Crusoe. N.d. Photograph. Www.e-reading.co.uk. E-reading.co.uk. Web. 8 Dec. 2013..