Semiotic Analysis of Anna Karenina Movie Posters

Authors : Metin IŞIK, Erdal BİLİCİ

Pages : 327-338

Doi:10.18037/ausbd.758080

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Publication Date : 2020-06-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Literature and cinema are two arts that help each other to improve. Novels, a sub-branch of literature, allow the film industry to grow and earn more. A novel adapted to cinema constitutes a source for the scenario, which is considered as the main element of the film and makes the novel the popular subject of the script. Adaptation strengthens the relationship between literature and cinema, as a film is a bridge between the literary audience and the movie audience. Anna Karenina, written by Lev Tolstoy between 1876 and 1877, is one of the films adapted to the cinema in 1967, 1997 and 2012. In this study, the posters of the movie "Anna Karenina" designed at different periods will be analyzed. Within the scope of the research, it is tried to determine whether there are similarities or differences between the posters by interpreting the movie posters with the semiotic method.
Keywords : Anna Karenina, Poster, Cinema, Adaptive Film, Semiotics