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<p>The present article considers two metafictional novels published at the end of the 20<sup>th</sup> century against the background of cognitive literary studies. The formal features of the novels are discussed with a view to the way they defamiliarize various concepts: fiction itself, consciousness, memory, science, art, reading, the internet, artificial intelligence, etc. The novels’ attempts at fostering a dialogue between fiction and the humanities, on the one hand, and science and technology, on the other, are mirrored by the reader’s vacillation between engagement and detachment and the effects of the texts’ self-reflexivity on the reader’s mind.</p>
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The present article considers two metafictional novels published at the end of the 20th century against the background of cognitive literary studies. The formal features of the novels are discussed with a view to the way they defamiliarize various concepts: fiction itself, consciousness, memory, science, art, reading, the internet, artificial intelligence, etc. The novels’ attempts at fostering a dialogue between fiction and the humanities, on the one hand, and science and technology, on the other, are mirrored by the reader’s vacillation between engagement and detachment and the effects of the texts’ self-reflexivity on the reader’s mind.

Metafiction, Defamiliarization and Cognitive Science: Andrew Crumey’s <italic>Mr Mee</italic> and Richard Powers’ <italic>Galatea 2.2</italic>

East-West Cultural Passage

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Metafiction, Defamiliarization and Cognitive Science: Andrew Crumey’s  and Richard Powers’ 

The present article considers two metafictional novels published at the end of the 20th century against the background of cognitive literary studies. The...

Metafiction, Defamiliarization and Cognitive Science: Andrew Crumey’s Mr Mee and Richard Powers’ Galatea 2.2

Published Online: Mar 13, 2024

Page range: 8 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ewcp-2023-0002

Keywords
the Two Cultures, (self)consciousness, metafiction, defamiliarization, metafiction, academic fiction, cognitive literary studies, foregrounding

© 2023 Corina Selejan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Metafiction, Defamiliarization and Cognitive Science: Andrew Crumey’s Mr Mee and Richard Powers’ Galatea 2.2

Published Online: Mar 13, 2024

Page range: 8 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ewcp-2023-0002

Keywordsthe Two Cultures, (self)consciousness, metafiction, defamiliarization, metafiction, academic fiction, cognitive literary studies, foregrounding

© 2023 Corina Selejan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
the Two Cultures, (self)consciousness, metafiction, defamiliarization, metafiction, academic fiction, cognitive literary studies, foregrounding