an example of an adaptation would be a story presented as a play In Literature, adaptation refers to converting a certain literary source (novel, poem, etc) into another genre medium of art such as film, stage, or even mobile games. The purpose of this is to reach a wider audience that may not be used to read a written literature.
An example of adaptation is "Apocalypse Now" because it is a story that retells Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
An adaption in literature simply means when the elements in an original work e.g novel is used in retelling the same story. It is the reproduction of literature in a different form.
Literary adaption makes use of literary sources which are then formed into something different such as film, novel etc.
