Cross-Cultural Adaptations of Post-War American Literature in Post-1990s Iranian Cinema

The thesis explores Iranian film adaptations inspired by post-war American literature, such as Pari (based on J. D. Salinger’s Franny and Zooey), The Stranger (based on Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire), and The Salesman (based on Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman). Using a sociological approach, it examines how contextual elements such as censorship, gender roles, and social class have influenced thematic resonances between post-war American literature and post-90s Iranian film adaptations. This research contributes to adaptation studies by focusing on sociological influences behind the adaptations, offering new insights into how political and cultural contexts affect film adaptations.