A Study On The Phenomenon Of The Adaptation Of Yan Geling's Novels

Since 90s of the 20th century, with the progress of science and technology and the development of culture market, people's cultural consumption demands have changed a lot, film flourished by the mass media. In this background, the phenomenon of film adaptation of Yan Geling's novels appeared. Since her first novel in America was adapted successfully, lots of her novels successfully adapted for movies and television ,what's more, the adaption rights of her novels have been bought. Especially since 2008, the films adapted from Yan Geling's novels televised continuously in China mainland, influence greatly enhanced.According to the phenomenon of the adaptation of Yan Geling's novels, there are two important factors that can be explained, they are the charm text and the market. There are lots of stories in her novels, such as women stories, military stories, educated youth stories, foreign lands stories, love stories and humanity stories. Meanwhile Yan Geling's novels are full of elements of images of mineralizing, audio-visual dialogues, colour and close-up, montage , which all make the Yan Geling's novels' audio-visual be better. They are just fit for the need of selection factors of directors. In addition, with the change of cultural market consumption environment, film is even more welcomed. Conforming to the market, making full use of the mass media and market are the external factors for adaptation. Yan Geling's novels received awards, the high audience ratings of films' adaption from Yan Geling's novels, high box office and prizes are all attracting the eyeballs of merchants. In addition, successful commercialized operation promoted, much attention in the market have been taken.The successful adaptation of Yan Geling's novels proved that novels and films can be promoted with each other. The film adaptation of Yan Geling's novels formed new influence of her novels, not only have been transformed to scripts, also contributed to the growth of the sales of the novels, and formed a new TV literature novel"movie year book". At the same time, films also gain profits, the novel (screenwriter)–director—producer cooperation mode has been affirmed. The author becomes famous, the film script library becomes full, the film agency builds rich, and the directors and actors become popular.It has been an upsurge of the adaptation of Yan Geling's novels, and what is its future, it is worth thinking. Whether Yan Geling's novels can continue be adapted heatedly is affected by the impact of era environment, mainstream ideology and the operation of the market, even the value orientation of film agencies. Though there are restriction factors, we will still expect a brilliant future. Let's wait and see"Chai Jinling Thirteen".According to above analysis, the author with text analysis research and culture industrialization research, in combination with accepting aesthetics, media culture theory analysis to explain the phenomenon, and points out the interaction between novels and films, also puts forward the prospect. All is to provide some constructive suggestions for the literature creation and consumption in future.