Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Shirzad Tayefi ¹
• Poorya Mirakhorli ²

¹ Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran

² PhD student of Persian language and literature, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

studies in Iran are facing a huge gap due to the lack of attention to appropriate theoretical foundations, which has led to the lack of coverage of this interdisciplinary topic among Persian studies. Now, with a pathological view of the current situation and using an appropriate approach, this research seeks to proposing an appropriate approach for adaptation studies, conduct a comparative analysis of one of the adapted works and its case study. In this research, the neo-formalism approach, which has the potential to be applied in both literary and cinematic media, is based on narratology and, relying on it, a comparative reading of setting in the story and film "White Nights" by Fyodor Dostoevsky and Saeed Aghighi and Farzad Motman has been addressed. The neo-formalism approach discusses formal elements in such a way that the audience has an active and effective role in the narrative process. Dostoevsky's story "White Nights" is a work that takes place in 19th century Russia. Based on this story, Saeed Aqiqi wrote a screenplay and turned it into a film. Considering that the Setting in Saeed Aqiqi's screenplay have changed compared to the original work, it is considered a native and Iranian work. In the following article, the change of time and place of a literary work from 19th century Russia to 21st century Tehran will be examined from the perspective of neoformalism. It will also be discussed how a long story by Dostoevsky, by changing Setting to the Iranian culture, still retains its important elements and is considered a significant and important work. 

Keywords

• neoformalism
• narratology
• comparative reading
• time and place
• Localization
• White nights

Main Subjects

• Cinema and theater