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Papers by Brett Rogers
International Journal of the Classical Tradition, 2019
Orestes and the Half-Blood Prince
Classical Traditions in Modern Fantasy
Electra-Style: Reception(s) of Aeschylus’ Oresteia in Aristophanes’ Clouds
Frankenstein and Its Classics
Frankenstein and Its Classics, 2018
Ad Astra Per Antiqua: Classical Traditions in Science FictionOrganizers: Brett Rogers, Gettysburg College; Benjamin Stevens, Bard College
1 2 (2 0 1 5) ! i! About Didaskalia Didaskalia (!"!#$%#&ί#) is the term used since ancient t... more 1 2 (2 0 1 5) ! i! About Didaskalia Didaskalia (!"!#$%#&ί#) is the term used since ancient times to describe the work a playwright did to teach his chorus and actors the play. The official records of the dramatic festivals in Athens were the !"!#$%#&ί#". Didaskalia now furthers the scholarship of the ancient performance. Didaskalia is an English-language, online publication about the performance of Greek and Roman drama, dance, and music. We publish peer-reviewed scholarship on performance and reviews of the professional activity of artists and scholars who work on ancient drama. We welcome submissions on any aspect of the field. If you would like your work to be reviewed, please write to editor@didaskalia.net at least three weeks in advance of the performance date. We also seek interviews with practitioners and opinion pieces. For submission guidelines, go to didaskalia.net.
Hybrids and Homecomings in the Odyssey and Alien Resurrection
Dynamic Tensions: The Figure(s) of Atlas In The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Once and Future Antiquities in Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2019
The Postmodern Prometheus and Posthuman Reproductions in Science Fiction
“Now Harkonnen Shall Kill Harkonnen”: Aeschylus, Dynastic Violence, and Twofold Tragedies in Frank Herbert’s Dune
Brill's Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus
Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus explores the various ways Aeschylus’ tragedies ha... more Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus explores the various ways Aeschylus’ tragedies have been revisioned and adapted over the last 2500 years, focusing both on his theatrical reception and his reception in other media and genres.
Once and Future Antiquities in Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. by Brett M. Rodgers and Benjamin E. Stevens
Classical Journal
Now Harkonnen Shall Kill Harkonnen": Aeschylus, Dynastic Violence, and Twofold Tragedies in Frank Herbert's Dune
Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus explores the various ways Aeschylus’ tragedies ha... more Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus explores the various ways Aeschylus’ tragedies have been revisioned and adapted over the last 2500 years, focusing both on his theatrical reception and his reception in other media and genres.
Choice Reviews Online
Classical Traditions in Science Fiction, edited by Brett M. Rogers and Benjamin Eldon Stevens, ex... more Classical Traditions in Science Fiction, edited by Brett M. Rogers and Benjamin Eldon Stevens, examines the many links that exist between Classical myth, history, and philosophy and science fiction. The scope of this volume is broad, not just in terms of time and genre, but also in epistemological considerations. The essays do not merely contain discussions of direct influences from classical sources intentionally borrowed by producers of science fiction, they also examine questions such as: what constitutes science fiction? Where does the history of science fiction begin? What impulses create science fiction? How do issues and ideas from the ancient past persist in contemporary science fiction and in the popular mind, even when audiences and producers do not know that they are there? In their introduction to the volume "The Past is an Undiscovered Country," Rogers and Stevens assert that "the classics" are often "made into vivid signifiers neither of the ancient past, nor even of professional knowledge of antiquity, but or a present moment: an advanced post-modern moment marked by a recomposition of past cultural products that is omnivorous" (10). In this way, producers reconstitute material from the past that speaks to our conditions in the present, and in the future. The first section, "SF's Rosy-Fingered Dawn," contains essays that examine the roots of contemporary science fiction in both classical and early modern sources. Moreover, as the editors assert, this section explores the pivotal moments in early modern literary history when medieval allegories became something more modern, and fictional narratives were used by Renaissance writers "to distinguish 'science' from 'religion'" (20). In this way, early modern writers were able to tap into the traditions of the past and recycle archetypal characters, paradigms, settings, and epistemological questions from ancient literature into new material that could speculatively explore the new scientific discoveries of the era. With the advent of the Protestant Reformation, many of the
Classical receptions in science fiction
Classical Receptions Journal, 2012
A review essay covering the state of the art in studies of classical receptions in modern science... more A review essay covering the state of the art in studies of classical receptions in modern science fiction. Prof. Rogers and I aim to help put the field on a firm theoretical foundation, drawing on Darko Suvin (1979) and Adam Roberts (2006) to argue that ancient classics and modern science fiction are similar epistemologically, with both fields requiring a sort of suspension of disbelief on the part of the reader, whose empirical and epistemological experiences are significantly different from those in antiquity or in other/future worlds.
Driving Stakes, Driving Cars: Californian Car Culture, Sex, and Identity in BtVS
Slayage: The Online International …, 2004
... Buffy, Willow and Faith (or Anya's human persona) but devoid of comp... more ... Buffy, Willow and Faith (or Anya's human persona) but devoid of comparable superpowers, she is happy to drive (witness her vanity license plate Queen C in 2.05 ... [19] Xander strikes back by finding a thing that makes [him] cool; he again borrows a car and becomes Car Guy. ...
Introduction to _Classical Traditions in Science Fiction_
An introduction to _Classical Traditions in Science Fiction_ for the science fiction, fantasy, an... more An introduction to _Classical Traditions in Science Fiction_ for the science fiction, fantasy, and horror site Worlds without End.
International Journal of the Classical Tradition, 2019
Orestes and the Half-Blood Prince
Classical Traditions in Modern Fantasy
Electra-Style: Reception(s) of Aeschylus’ Oresteia in Aristophanes’ Clouds
Frankenstein and Its Classics
Frankenstein and Its Classics, 2018
Ad Astra Per Antiqua: Classical Traditions in Science FictionOrganizers: Brett Rogers, Gettysburg College; Benjamin Stevens, Bard College
1 2 (2 0 1 5) ! i! About Didaskalia Didaskalia (!"!#$%#&ί#) is the term used since ancient t... more 1 2 (2 0 1 5) ! i! About Didaskalia Didaskalia (!"!#$%#&ί#) is the term used since ancient times to describe the work a playwright did to teach his chorus and actors the play. The official records of the dramatic festivals in Athens were the !"!#$%#&ί#". Didaskalia now furthers the scholarship of the ancient performance. Didaskalia is an English-language, online publication about the performance of Greek and Roman drama, dance, and music. We publish peer-reviewed scholarship on performance and reviews of the professional activity of artists and scholars who work on ancient drama. We welcome submissions on any aspect of the field. If you would like your work to be reviewed, please write to editor@didaskalia.net at least three weeks in advance of the performance date. We also seek interviews with practitioners and opinion pieces. For submission guidelines, go to didaskalia.net.
Hybrids and Homecomings in the Odyssey and Alien Resurrection
Dynamic Tensions: The Figure(s) of Atlas In The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Once and Future Antiquities in Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2019
The Postmodern Prometheus and Posthuman Reproductions in Science Fiction
“Now Harkonnen Shall Kill Harkonnen”: Aeschylus, Dynastic Violence, and Twofold Tragedies in Frank Herbert’s Dune
Brill's Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus
Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus explores the various ways Aeschylus’ tragedies ha... more Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus explores the various ways Aeschylus’ tragedies have been revisioned and adapted over the last 2500 years, focusing both on his theatrical reception and his reception in other media and genres.
Once and Future Antiquities in Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. by Brett M. Rodgers and Benjamin E. Stevens
Classical Journal
Now Harkonnen Shall Kill Harkonnen": Aeschylus, Dynastic Violence, and Twofold Tragedies in Frank Herbert's Dune
Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus explores the various ways Aeschylus’ tragedies ha... more Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus explores the various ways Aeschylus’ tragedies have been revisioned and adapted over the last 2500 years, focusing both on his theatrical reception and his reception in other media and genres.
Choice Reviews Online
Classical Traditions in Science Fiction, edited by Brett M. Rogers and Benjamin Eldon Stevens, ex... more Classical Traditions in Science Fiction, edited by Brett M. Rogers and Benjamin Eldon Stevens, examines the many links that exist between Classical myth, history, and philosophy and science fiction. The scope of this volume is broad, not just in terms of time and genre, but also in epistemological considerations. The essays do not merely contain discussions of direct influences from classical sources intentionally borrowed by producers of science fiction, they also examine questions such as: what constitutes science fiction? Where does the history of science fiction begin? What impulses create science fiction? How do issues and ideas from the ancient past persist in contemporary science fiction and in the popular mind, even when audiences and producers do not know that they are there? In their introduction to the volume "The Past is an Undiscovered Country," Rogers and Stevens assert that "the classics" are often "made into vivid signifiers neither of the ancient past, nor even of professional knowledge of antiquity, but or a present moment: an advanced post-modern moment marked by a recomposition of past cultural products that is omnivorous" (10). In this way, producers reconstitute material from the past that speaks to our conditions in the present, and in the future. The first section, "SF's Rosy-Fingered Dawn," contains essays that examine the roots of contemporary science fiction in both classical and early modern sources. Moreover, as the editors assert, this section explores the pivotal moments in early modern literary history when medieval allegories became something more modern, and fictional narratives were used by Renaissance writers "to distinguish 'science' from 'religion'" (20). In this way, early modern writers were able to tap into the traditions of the past and recycle archetypal characters, paradigms, settings, and epistemological questions from ancient literature into new material that could speculatively explore the new scientific discoveries of the era. With the advent of the Protestant Reformation, many of the
Classical receptions in science fiction
Classical Receptions Journal, 2012
A review essay covering the state of the art in studies of classical receptions in modern science... more A review essay covering the state of the art in studies of classical receptions in modern science fiction. Prof. Rogers and I aim to help put the field on a firm theoretical foundation, drawing on Darko Suvin (1979) and Adam Roberts (2006) to argue that ancient classics and modern science fiction are similar epistemologically, with both fields requiring a sort of suspension of disbelief on the part of the reader, whose empirical and epistemological experiences are significantly different from those in antiquity or in other/future worlds.
Driving Stakes, Driving Cars: Californian Car Culture, Sex, and Identity in BtVS
Slayage: The Online International …, 2004
... Buffy, Willow and Faith (or Anya's human persona) but devoid of comp... more ... Buffy, Willow and Faith (or Anya's human persona) but devoid of comparable superpowers, she is happy to drive (witness her vanity license plate Queen C in 2.05 ... [19] Xander strikes back by finding a thing that makes [him] cool; he again borrows a car and becomes Car Guy. ...
Introduction to _Classical Traditions in Science Fiction_
An introduction to _Classical Traditions in Science Fiction_ for the science fiction, fantasy, an... more An introduction to _Classical Traditions in Science Fiction_ for the science fiction, fantasy, and horror site Worlds without End.