--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, JIM DOHERTY
<jimdohertyjr@...> wrote:
> If "noir" means something different in film than
it
> does in prose fiction, it's the only term in
the
> entire mystery genre that means something
different
> depending on the medium it's applied to.
Film and literature are two different things with their own
sets of terminology. Of course they are independant of one
another. Meanings bleed from one to the other but then take
off on their own path, driven by discussion. That has plainly
happened with "noir". I don't think it can be credibly denied
that "noir" has connotations beyond "dark and sinister" when
applied to books.
Charlie Williams
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