1. THE USE OF NOIR IN CYBERPUNK LITERATURE CyberPunk Noir

2. Brief Overview of NOir

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR99pjMlZ4E

Some argue that noir is a style not a genre

Normal setting is Industrial city

• It isnt always but is a common occurrence

Often character types in Noir

• Private eye

• Gangster

• Femme fatale

3. History Comparison

Noir 1940s

Cyberpunk around 1982

• Noir takes a lot from Detective and horror films.

• Cyberpunk takes a lot from Detective, Noir, Nihilistic, and Postmodernism.

Both hybrids.

4. Darkness

Both use a lot of darkness.

• Darkness in technology

• Darkness in humanity

5. Settings

Noir

• Often industrial areas

• • Factories

• • Rail Road Tracks

Cyberpunk

• Dystopia

Low lighting, rain, and big cities.

6. Hero

The Hero is often the same stereo type

• Hacker, Some sort of underground technologist

• Detective

7. Blade Runner 8. Matrix 9. Clock Work Orange