20世纪中期英国作家J·R·R·托尔金被誉为“世纪之书”的幻想小说《魔戒》三部曲在新世纪初被好莱坞导演彼得·杰克逊成功地改编为电影搬上银幕。从叙事学的角度看,《魔戒》小说和电影在故事层中都讲述了同样的故事,但在文本层中却成为不同的文本,呈现出不同的美学风貌,而情节结构的不同处理,是造成两种文本不同的一个主要原因。本文对《魔戒》电影文本与小说文本的情节结构进行比较分析,探讨电影对小说情节结构成功的改编策略。 In the mid-20th century, British writer JRT Tolkien was hailed as the trilogy of the “Lord of the Rings” fantasy novel “The Book of the Century” by the Hollywood director Peter Jackson in the early 20th century. On the screen. From the perspective of narratology, “Lord of the Rings” novels and films all tell the same story in the story layer, but they are different texts in the text layer, showing different aesthetic styles. Different treatment of plot structure, Is one of the main reasons for the difference between the two texts. This article makes a comparative analysis of the plot structure of “Lord of the Rings” movie texts and fiction texts, and discusses the film’s adaptation strategies to the successful plot structure of the novel.