Transformation of Literature Into a Film using Adaptation Theory

Abstract

The existence of the film industry is a good opportunity for the literature field development. The field of literature, which was previously often seen as very dull and challenging to understand, got a new lease of life when the field of the film appeared. The world of the film also creates a special term to transform a literary work into a film form known as adaptation. Applying the theory related to adaptation has dramatically helped to lift literary works that previously could only be enjoyed through oral and written methods into a new approach through digital mediums such as film. Therefore, several processes need to go through to transform a literary work into a film adaptation starting from reading the text, understanding the text, translating the text and transferring the content of the text into audio and visual form.