Narrative Transformation From Novel To Moviethe

Novels and movies are two different forms of art，but the movies, since its emergence,is heavilyinfluenced by the novels, In the one hundred-year history of the movie, the Chinese and foreignfilmmakers take the novel as a matrix, draw nutrients and has produced numerous classic which is difficultto be transcended. To some extent, the novels and movies have a natural aesthetic generality on the level of"narrative"，Both are in the same time sequence series organized ideographic symbol, which is the basis ofthe formation of the common narrative，and the common narrative provide the basis for novel into a movie.This paper based on “devil of a genius director” Jiang wen’s film adaptation as the breakthrough point, withthe method of close reading, the novels and the adaptation movies from the perspective of narratology isanalyzed and compared, the narrative transformation of the process from the novel text to movieaudio-visual is detailed analyzed, and based on this, some ideas for adaptation are put forward, standing inthe perspective of media and audience.In the first chapter is the introduction part, Firstly the relevant theories of narrative was combed, andthe contemporary film adaptation and the present situation of theoretical research was discussed. In thesecond chapter, the original fiction and film after adaptation between the same relevance was simply listed.In the third chapter, Jiang wen’s film adaptation was specifically analyzed from the narrative strategy level,which is mainly analyzed from reset of the narrative subject and narrative perspective, narrative structure ofinnovation, adjust the plot and character etc. several aspects. The fourth chapter, the narrative means in theprocess of adaptation transformation, namely text to audio and video conversion, was analyzed. The fifthchapter, through the above analysis, summarized in Jiang wen film adaptation, for example some ofrevelation; From novel to film adaptation, is far from the choice of "content" elements or enrichment, moreimportant is the conclusion of the generation of the transformation between two medium system, the twolanguages.