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Comparative adaptation studies are based on comparative studies of cinematic adaptations and their literary sources. These studies can be divided to: (1) the books or theses written independently and by one author on the subject of adaptation; (2) the collection of essays which founded and published by a cultural or film foundation; (3) the studies that analyze the potentials of literary works through the lens of narrative elements, stylistic elements,or the combination of the two; (4) the works of criticism that study literature according to film studies; and finally, (5) dispersed and short commentaries in the newspapers. All of these studies can be categorized as subdivisions of literary studies because of their research methodology and conceptual paradigms.     Key words: comparative literature- cinema- criticism- adaptation The comparison between films and literary sources is the base of comparative studies in adaptation. These writings can be divided as: the books or theses wrote independently and by one author; the collection of essays which controlled by a cultural foundation or a company of cinema; the researches that analyze literary works by the view of “narrative elements”, “stylistic elements” and “stylistic & narrative elements”; the works which critic literature according to cinema criticism. Dispersed and short comments in newspapers. All of these studies are kind of literary criticism because of new conception by new methods.

Keywords: Comparative literature, Cinema, Criticism, adaptation

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