Mesnevî’nin Altıncı Defterinden Bir Örnekle Edebiyatın Sinemaya Uyarlanmasında Senaryo Yazımının Klasik Paradigması

Abstract

The present paper aims to demonstrate that scholars should focus on screenplays and their production processes before attempting to create numerous cinematic adaptations of Iranian literature. The century old tastes of cinema audiences indicate that a commitment to the classic paradigm of screenwriting can almost guarantee the success of a film and assure its ability to attract large audiences. This paper probes the ways in which screenwriters encounter literary texts. Screenwriters are deemed to have taken the most important step toward successful cinematic adaptation if they can use traditional screenwriting paradigms to turn the raw materials of old literary texts into long movie scripts. Screenwriters attempting cinematic adaptations must apprehend the dramatic potential of text sand their narrative elements, extract the essential raw material available in the literary text, envision its refinement, and use the screenwriting paradigm to develop the requisite aspects lacking in the original text. The present paper initially introduces the classic paradigm of screenwriting and subsequently attempts to offer practical evidence of its claims using the example of the sixth book of Rumi’s Masnavi, adapting its plot, and employing an imagination committed to the world of the text.