Adaptation (arts)

An adaptation is a transfer of a work of art from one style, culture or medium to another.

Some common examples are:

  • Film adaptation, a story from another work, adapted into a film (it may be a novel, non-fiction like journalism, autobiography, comic books, scriptures, plays or historical sources).
  • Literary adaptation, a story from a literary source, adapted into another work.[1] A novelization is a story from another work, adapted into a novel.
  • Theatrical adaptation, a story from another work, adapted into a play.
  • Video game adaptation, a story from a video game, adapted into media (e.g. film, anime and manga, and television)
  1. ^ For a critique of the literary roots of adaptation studies and its attendant methodologies, see Simone Murray, "Materializing Adaptation Studies: the Adaptation Industry". Literature/Film QuarterlyVol. 36, No. 1 (2008), pp. 4-20