English Dictionary

cognitive estrangement

noun

(literature, narratology) 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.

The novel explores the concept of cognitive estrangement.

意味（1）

(literature, narratology) 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.

In his book Metamorphoses of Science Fiction (1979), Suvin introduced a number of ideas that remain central in sf criticism: cognitive estrangement, the novum and sf's genetic link with utopia. In the notion of cognitive estrangement, Suvin conflate two distict, but related, ideas of estrangement from earlier literary theory: ostranenie (de-familiarization) from the Russian Formalists, and Berthold Brecht's Verfremdungseffekt (alienation effect). […] Even more influential in sf theory than cognitive estrangement is Suvin's concept of the novum.