Reflectarea prozei lui Cinghiz Aitmatov în teatru și cinematografie (de la tradiție la modernitate)
Reflection of Cinghiz Aitmatov's prose in theater and cinematography (from tradition to modernity)

Summary/Abstract: The literary skills of Chingiz Aitmatov, a writer of Kyrgyz origin, have left a strong imprint on Russian literature, due to the complex themes that he makes use of in his literary works. Based on a series of norms bearing a traditional character, Aitmatov’s short stories and novels are endowed with a modern aura and they highlight a wide range of universally valid concepts, whose reception and decoding require a careful reading. The film adaptations and plays based on Chingiz Aitmatov’s works are an interesting interpretation of his literary universe and the director’s point of view offers the reader – that becomes now a spectator – new perspectives in decoding the message hidden behind the literary work in itself. This article focuses on two of Aitmatov’s creations – „The White Steamboat” (1970) and „Cassandra’s Brand” (1996) – as well as on the film adaptation and, respectively, the play with scenarios that have been written according to the given short story and novel.

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