An Analysis of the Basic Textual Contrastsin the Literary and Cinematic Discourse The Case Study: A Comparison between the Story Ashghalduni (Dustbin) and the Adapted Movie Dayereh-ye Mina

Abstract

One way of understanding meaning and comprehending the aesthetic techniques used in a text is finding the hidden contrasts in the text; and discovering the way of hiding them completes the process of criticism. Contrasts can be examined at different levels of a work and can be divided into two types: obvious and hidden. Obvious contrasts are juxtaposed in a text while by hidden contrasts only one side comes into view and this shows that the orientation of the work's creator is toward the dominant side. The question of what contrasts are and what kind of relationship exists among them leads to understanding meaning. Also, the question of with what aesthetic techniques contrasts were processed reveals the ways of hiding meaning as well as the secret of delightfulness of the work. Comparison between the two different media shows the different and unique ways of each of the media in processing contrasts; and one of the study areas of this subject is the comparison between adapted movies and their literary resources. The present article is a comparative analysis of contrasts in the story Ashghalduni(Dustbin) by Gholamhossein Saedi and the adapted movie Dayereh-ye Mina by Dariush Mehrjoyi. The final conclusion of the research is that because of loyalty to the narrative surface and deep structure of Ashghalduni(Dustbin), the director has transferred the theme and narrative contrasts from the written story to the movie; yet, the stylistic elements of the film have completed these contrasts in the area of picture and have created different aesthetic expression.

Keywords

• structural contrasts
• comparative criticism
• literary adaptation
• ashghalduni(dustbin)
• dayereh-ye mina.