In today’s society, majority of people would watch a film rather than read a novel. ‘Adaptation is, perhaps, the result of an increasingly post-literate world in which the visual image dominates’ (Cartmell 145). Has film become the new form of art? Does an adaptation have the same effect? I will be analysing the adaptation of novel into film and how changes are made to suit a certain audience. In my dissertation I will be using theorists and critics to evaluate why film is the new form of art, how different forms of art have come and gone, how it affects viewer and the points that need to be taken into consideration when a novel is adapted into a film. The three classical novels I have chosen to assist me with this task are The Great Gatsby
