A Room with a View is one with the most bright tone among Forster’s six novels。 In the movie of the same name, the Apennine’s sun seems to have spilled every corner and every minute of the film。In 1986, Iverson put the novel onto the screen, immediately achieving great success, and won a number of awards including the Oscar for best adapted screenplay。 The film belongs to the so-called "literary heritage type"(Shen 15), referring 80-90 years of the last century costume movies popular in Europe and America。 These films are usually based on the adaptation of the famous literary works and works tend to be classically aesthetic, generally performed by a number of international movie stars side by side。 They have a higher artistic value。 At the same time, this type of film has a preference for long lens and depth of field lens。 The film often interspersed with beautiful symphony and elegant natural and cultural scenery。 In China, its name has been translated appropriately as "blue sky outside the window。"(Monica 23)论文网

     The film is set against the backdrop of sunny Florence and idyllic English countryside, narrating a sweet and young love story。 In the early 20th century, the middle-class British-born girl Lucy, accompanied by her cousin Miss Bartlett coming to the Italian city of Florence, meets with a maverick British youth George。 Italian passion and temperament that is very different from the United Kingdom inspires Lucy’s inner fantasies and aspirations。 On the banks of the Arnold River, Lucy's real self awakens。 The kind of pure, romantic, full of passionate love between her and George is also growing。 However, because of Miss Bartlett’s "goodwill" obstruction and herself long-time developed "good girl" inertia, Lucy eventually chooses to retreat and give up and passes by George and hurries back to England。 In the warm and tranquil garden of her house, Lucy accepted a marriage proposal from seemingly excellent Cecil with a similar background as her。 However, the pride of the latter gradually makes Lucy feel tired, and eventually Lucy lifts his engagement。 At the end of the film, with the help of everyone, Lucy finally realizes her heart: she bravely accepts George, and also accepts the real self; lovers get married。

Fundamentally speaking, the novel is not about a simple "love triangle" story, it really wants to express is such a view: the atmosphere of the beautiful and human nature Italy makes the heroine aware of the real self and the passion。 Out of the mediocre, rigid British middle-class society, the journey of Italy makes her grow。 In Florence, different human nature impact and real, good passion, love win。 Just like the novel, the director did not write too much about the heroine's love scenes。 They focused on the magic effect produced by the wonderful love on the two men。 

2。 Literature Review

     Forster once said, “This novel is not my favorite 。。。 but it is the most wonderful one。”(Glen 5) On the basis of fully respecting the original, the director of the film A Room with a View integrated their own unique understanding and experience of the novel。 From the novel A Room with a View to the film of the same name, the director used the unique means of film creation for re-creation, making it a wonderful, full of poetry and youthful passion and excellent literary film。 The heritage and changes from the text to the image of A Room with a View will undoubtedly have some inspirations on the multiple intertextual relationship between films and novels。

     The study on the comparative study of A Room with a View and the adapted film has a long history。 Many scholars have made deep research on it and form their own theories which have been adapted by the field。 These research includes the inheritance and changes of A Room with a View from words to images in terms of style, narrative technique and so on。 These articles have given very detailed explanation on them。 However, from all these articles, most scholars emphasize on the deeper level of the comparative study while ignoring some other aspects。 Given to most of the articles about the comparative study of A Room with a View and the adapted film, the scholars have found out some common ideas。文献综述