Comparative Analysis of the Kite Runner: Novel and Film Adaptation

Areej Ibrahim Al Khalaf

Abstract: This study conducts a comparative analysis of Khaled Hosseini?s The Kite Runner and its 2007 film adaptation. Using postmodernism, structuralism, and hybridity theories, it explores the similarities and differences in narrative techniques between the novel and the film. The study concludes that the novel surpasses the film in creative merit and narrative depth.

Keywords: The Kite Runner, Film Adaptation, Comparative Analysis, Narrative Techniques, Literary Adaptation