Film adaptation for acquaintance with works of art content

The emergence of cinema has become the reason that in modern society books are often perceived through the prism of cinema culture. The relevance of this study is due to the prevailing popularity of cinema over literary works at the present time. The purpose of the work is to determine the possibility of choosing a form of acquaintance with an original work of fiction (book, play, etc.) by watching its film adaptation (film, TV series, etc.). The main method of research was comparative analysis. Research hypothesis: currently, teenagers prefer watching a movie to reading books in order to familiarize themselves with a work of fiction, therefore it is necessary to determine whether the content, plot and characters of the main characters of the film adaptations of works of art correspond to their primary sources. The object of the research is the literary work of W. Shakespeare “Romeo and Juliet” (translated printed version) and film adaptations of the work in 1936, 1968 and 1996. According to the results of the study, the main characteristics of the artwork and its film adaptations coincide. Thus, watching a film adaptation of a work of art can be used to familiarize yourself with the original work. However, it has been established that film adaptations and printed versions of works of fiction have some differences. This circumstance gives us the right to recommend to interested readers familiarization with the original work of fiction in addition to its film adaptations for a more complete and correct understanding of the author's intention and the formation of their own point of view on the problems of the work of art. We believe that the results of this study can be used as an aid in the formation and modification of educational and methodological programs in the discipline “Literature”, “World Literature”, etc.

cinema, fiction, plot, character, protagonists, antotagonists