Cognitive Estrangement Definition

noun

A narrative logic, characteristic of science fiction , whereby devices used in the story are lent plausibility by their being placed in the context of the fictional universe, which is imagined to be scientifically consistent .

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Origin of Cognitive Estrangement

  • Coined by Yugoslav -born academic, writer and critic Darko Suvin in his 1979 book Metamorphoses of Science Fiction.

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