Abstract
Cyberpunk is a contentious literary subgenre of science fiction owing specific homage to the sociopolitical climate of the 80s. This paper seeks to apply Natural Language Methodologies to online discourse surrounding the topic, alongside close-reading analysis of the fiction, in order to differentiate the genre’s transformation from novel innovation to ubiquity, spanning William Gibson’s Neuromancer, Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, and Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One.
Advisor
Suarez, Christopher
Second Advisor
Luri, Moses
Department
English; Statistical and Data Sciences
Recommended Citation
Van Horssen, Benjamin A., "Electric Exegesis: An Investigation into Transforming Entanglements of Cyberpunk Fiction" (2024). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 10970.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/10970
Disciplines
American Literature | Digital Humanities | Modern Literature
Keywords
Cyberpunk, Neuromancer, Snow Crash, Natural Language Processing, Ready Player One, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction, K-means Clustering, Sentiment Analysis, Topic Analysis, Webscraping
Publication Date
2024
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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