The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
- The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
"The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano", written in 1789, is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano.
Plot introduction
The book discusses his time spent in slavery, serving primarily on galleys, documents his attempts at becoming an independent man through his study of the Bible, and his eventual success in gaining his own freedom and in business thereafter.
Main themes
*The African slave's voyage from Africa to America.["The Signifying Monkey", by Henry Louis Gates, Jr, Oxford University Press, hardcover, pages 153-157] ]
*The slave's journey from orality to literacy.Criticism
The book contains an interesting discussion of slavery in West Africa and illustrates how the experience differs from the dehumanising slavery of the Americas.fact|date=November 2007 "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" is also one of the first widely read slave narratives.fact|date=November 2007 It was generally reviewed favorably.fact|date=November 2007 It was used as a model for subsequent slave narratives.
The book comprises two chiasmatic narrative voices: the protagonist's naivity, and the experienced narrator guiding the reader through the tale.
References
External links
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15399/15399-h/15399-h.htm Text from Project Gutenberg]
* [http://librivox.org/the-interesting-narrative-of-the-life-of-olaudah-equiano-by-olaudah-equiano/ LibriVox recording]
* [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=4w7HoFYTkGIC&dq=Olaudah+Equiano&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=dh-AwMjsmy&sig=101bQQFmmjYJoNR4wkmtN1dD4oc&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPP1,M1 Text from Google Books]
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