Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko is a transitional text in all of the following ways EXCEPT________________?

Cultural and Literary 18th-19th Centuries 02/11/2021

A. like a romance, it focuses on an aristocratic character considered superior to average individuals.
B. like a novel, it tells its story with an emphasis on realistic detail and the everyday passage of time.
C. like an epic, it involves gods and goddesses.
D. like a novel, it makes claims to historical realism.

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