An Analysis of Intertextuality in Some of Dariush Mehrjui's Movies

The present study intends to make a comparative study between a literary work and a cinematic production concerning the function of cinematic translation as an intertextual practice. Accordingly, three intertextual relations have been introduced including “repetition”, “creation” and “omission” .After introducing each of these relations, different kinds of repetition and creation in cinematic translation have been discussed in detail along with examples mainly from two adaptations of the movies “The cow” and “The pear tree”. In this article and in the process of introducing intertextual relations, the authors have attempted to take into consideration the ways on the basis of which a cinematic meta-text is culturally marked. The classification of intertextual relations in adaptation has been carried out based on Fairclough’s approach towards the text (1995). Fairclough defines text as “partly repetition” and “partly creation”. On the other hand, while introducing Jakobson’s categories of translation, the study introduces cinematic adaptation as a type of inter-semiotic translation.