Mimicking the Other : The Aftermath of First Contact in
Mid-20th Century Science Fiction Novels

k 2018

Mimicking the Other : The Aftermath of First Contact in Mid-20th Century Science Fiction Novels

VELESKI, Stefan

Základní údaje

Originální název

Mimicking the Other : The Aftermath of First Contact in Mid-20th Century Science Fiction Novels

Název česky

Napodobování Druhého : následky prvního kontaktu v sci-fi románech z poloviny 20. století

Autoři

VELESKI, Stefan

Vydání

Aftermath : The Fall and the Rise After the Event, 25-26.10.2018, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, 2018

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60206 Specific literatures

Stát vydavatele

Polsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/18:00104343

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova česky

literarní Darwinismus; biosemiotika; kognitivní naratologie; kulturní evoluce; sci-fi; následek; posthumanismus; první kontakt

Klíčová slova anglicky

literary Darwinism; biosemiotics; cognitive narratology; cultural evolution; science fiction; aftermath; post humanism; first contact

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 24. 1. 2019 09:52, Mgr. Jana Pelclová, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

Hypothetical encounters between humans and alien civilizations have been a hallmark of science fiction since the inception of the genre. However, the accompanying transformation of human society in these narratives has been largely neglected in critical analyses, especially by those that fit under the "cognitive" moniker. My paper will attempt to fill this gap, by comparing how the aftermath of first contact is treated in novels by the "Big Three" of mid-twentieth century science fiction - Clarke (Childhood's End), Asimov (The Gods Themselves), and Heinlein (Stranger in a Strange Land). The paper will argue that the upshot of first contact in these novels is always hyper sociality - for better or worse. In addition, their success hinges on the depiction of a post humanist perspective - focusing either on aliens or on "altered" humans. This perspective interferes with standard mechanisms of reader immersion reliant on evolved cognitive biases, but makes up for it by utilizing cultural (mainly Cold War related) anxieties, and the strategic placement of counterintuitive biases.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1003/2017, interní kód MU

Název: Profilace výzkumných zaměření v anglofonní lingvistické a literární vědě III (Akronym: PROVYZAN III)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Profilace výzkumných zaměření v anglofonní lingvistické a literární vědě III, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty

Citovat

VELESKI, Stefan. Mimicking the Other : The Aftermath of First Contact in Mid-20th Century Science Fiction Novels. In Aftermath : The Fall and the Rise After the Event, 25-26.10.2018, Jagiellonian University, Krakow. 2018.

@proceedings{1462036,
   author = {Veleski, Stefan},
   booktitle = {Aftermath : The Fall and the Rise After the Event, 25-26.10.2018, Jagiellonian University, Krakow},
   keywords = {literary Darwinism; biosemiotics; cognitive narratology; cultural evolution; science fiction; aftermath; post humanism; first contact},
   language = {eng},
   title = {Mimicking the Other : The Aftermath of First Contact in Mid-20th Century Science Fiction Novels},
   url = {https://aftermathconference.wordpress.com/},
   year = {2018}
}

TY  - CONF
ID  - 1462036
AU  - Veleski, Stefan
PY  - 2018
TI  - Mimicking the Other : The Aftermath of First Contact in Mid-20th Century Science Fiction Novels
KW  - literary Darwinism
KW  - biosemiotics
KW  - cognitive narratology
KW  - cultural evolution
KW  - science fiction
KW  - aftermath
KW  - post humanism
KW  - first contact
UR  - https://aftermathconference.wordpress.com/
L2  - https://aftermathconference.wordpress.com/
N2  - Hypothetical encounters between humans and alien civilizations have been a hallmark of science fiction since the inception of the genre. However, the accompanying transformation of human society in these narratives has been largely neglected in critical analyses, especially by those that fit under the "cognitive" moniker. My paper will attempt to fill this gap, by comparing how the aftermath of first contact is treated in novels by the "Big Three" of mid-twentieth century science fiction - Clarke (Childhood's End), Asimov (The Gods Themselves), and Heinlein (Stranger in a Strange Land). The paper will argue that the upshot of first contact in these novels is always hyper sociality - for better or worse. In addition, their success hinges on the depiction of a post humanist perspective - focusing either on aliens or on "altered" humans. This perspective interferes with standard mechanisms of reader immersion reliant on evolved cognitive biases, but makes up for it by utilizing cultural (mainly Cold War related) anxieties, and the strategic placement of counterintuitive biases.
ER  -

VELESKI, Stefan. Mimicking the Other : The Aftermath of First Contact in Mid-20th Century Science Fiction Novels. In \textit{Aftermath : The Fall and the Rise After the Event, 25-26.10.2018, Jagiellonian University, Krakow}. 2018.

Přehled o publikaci