%S prosiding
%A Haryo Yudanto
%A Danial Hidayatullah
%T Politics of De-Islamization as Seen in The Kite Runner (2007): An Ecranisation Study
%X The problem of adaptation or ecranisation is that, in the process, the media changes the
original content. The Kite Runner (2007) is an adaptation movie from the novel by Khaled
Hosseini with the same title. As a novel written with Afganistan social setting, it is densed
with Islamic values and culture. However, as an adaptation, the characters, discourses, and
settings shift from its original. This research focuses on the changing and continuity between
the novel and the movie, concerning its discourses, characters, and settings. This research
uses adaptation theory by Linda Huctheon. The research finding shows that the changing of
the adaptation is in the depictions of Islam. They are portrayed more from the society, in this
case the Talibans, rather than from the characters. Yet the main characters of this movie are
portrayed more westernized in their way of life. The researchers conclude that the changing
occurs as a construct of a new discourse of Islam. The movie portrays Afghanistan people as
a less religious community yet more westernized.
Keywords: Islam, Afghanistan, Adaptation, Novel, Movie, The Kite Runner
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%K Islam, Afghanistan, Adaptation, Novel, Movie, The Kite Runner
%P 163-175
%B PROCEEDINGS Adab-International Conference on Information and Cultural Sciences “Cultural Literacy and Islam in the Post-Truth Society”
%C Yogyakarta
%D 2019
%I UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA
%L digilib37720