To the problem of correlation between a screen adaptation and its literary source

Abstract

Screen adaptations hold a very important place within the paradigm of cinema. Yet, film theorists and literary critics are unanimous neither about the criteria of comparison of screen versions to their literary sources, nor about appropriateness of such a comparison. Thus, some researches tend to analyze the fidelity to the original, while others disregard this notion altogether. The article shows and analyzes different points of view on the issue, and describes the criteria of the choice of a literary source for adaptation