Classical Studies 3800F Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: The Enemy Below, Darko Suvin, Romulan

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 3800F
• Professor: Kyle Gervais

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Balance of terror: 1966, this is the first episode where the romulans appear, space romans. I came up with the concept of the romulans which was an extension of the roman civilization to the point of space travel, and it turned out quite well. Layered reception and cognitive estrangement: layered reception, rome germany (and britain) germany (and america) soviet union science fiction romulans, cognitive estrangement, darko suvin, as explained by vincent tomassi. Estrangement : narrative universe is distanced from the audience"s world, some similarities and some striking differences. Humans in [battlestar galactica] articulate their identities in part through religion, which is predicated on what the series" audience associates with classical myths. Bsg"s cognitive estrangement is achieved via a setting distant in time and place from the audience"s own, populated by beings whose culture and society are both similar to and different from the audiences . ----tomasso 2012, classical antiquity and western identity in battlestar galactica .