电影《喜福会》中反映的中美文化差异探究

AnalysisoftheCulturalDifferencesBetweenChinaandAmericaasReflectedinTheJoyLuckClub密级学号111671毕业设计（论文）2015年6月26日·北京AnalysisoftheCulturalDifferencesBetweenChinaandAmericaasReflectedinTheJoyLuckClub院（系、部）：外语系姓名：弭依彤年级：11级专业：英语（国际商务）指导教师：刘丽华教师职称：副教授AnalysisoftheCulturalDifferencesBetweenChinaandAmericaasReflectedinTheJoyLuckClub北京石油化工学院学位论文电子版授权使用协议论文《电影《喜福会》中反映的中美文化差异探究》系本人在北京石油化工学院学习期间创作完成的作品，并已通过论文答辩。本人系作品的唯一作者，即著作权人。现本人同意将本作品收录于“北京石油化工学院学位论文全文数据库”。本人承诺：已提交的学位论文电子版与印刷版论文的内容一致，如因不同而引起学术声誉上的损失由本人自负。本人完全同意本作品在校园网上提供论文目录检索、文摘浏览以及全文部分浏览服务。公开级学位论文全文电子版允许读者在校园网上浏览并下载全文。注：本协议书对于“非公开学位论文”在保密期限过后同样适用。院系名称：外语系作者签名：弭依彤学号：51201116712015年6月25日AnalysisoftheCulturalDifferencesBetweenChinaandAmericaasReflectedinTheJoyLuckClubIAbstractWiththecommunicationbetweendifferentcountriesbecomingmoreandmorefrequently,cross-culturalcommunicationhasbecomeanunavoidablereality.Peoplefromdifferentcountriesanddifferentculturalbackgroundsgettogether.Therefore,thereexistbarriersduringtheircommunication.DifferencesbetweenChineseandWesterncultureshavealwaysbeenamainsourceofconflictsbetweenlocalpeopleandcitizensofChineseorigin.TheJoyLuckClubisagoodcaseinpoint.ItiswrittenbyTanAmy,whoisoneofthemostfamousChineseAmericanwomennovelists.Thisnovelattractsattentionofacademiccirclesbothathomeandabroad,andletsthemthinkabouttheproblemsemerginggraduallyincross-culturalcommunication.Themothersanddaughtersinthemoviegrowupindifferentcountriesandreceivedifferentwaysofeducation.Thus,therearemanydisparitiesintheirwaysofcommunicationandthinkingmodes.ThispaperaimstostudytheculturaldifferencesbetweenChinaandAmericaasreflectedinTheJoyLuckClub.Thestudy,basedonthemovie,whichisadaptedfromnovelTheJoyLuckClub,andcombinedwiththetraditionalculturaldifferencesbetweenChinaandAmerica,analyzestheconflictsbetweendaughtersandtheirmothersliveindifferentculturalbackgrounds,andtheunderlyingcausesoftheconflicts,forthepurposeofarousingpeople’sattentiontotheculturaldifferencesincross-culturalcommunication.Keywords:culturalconflicts,TheJoyLuckClub,cross-culturalcommunication,mother-daughterrelationshipAnalysisoftheCulturalDifferencesBetweenChinaandAmericaasReflectedinTheJoyLuckClubII摘要随着国与国之间交流的日益频繁，跨文化交际已成为不可避免的现实。来自不同文化背景的人们走到一起，交际必然会出现障碍。西方的中国移民和当地人的矛盾很大程度上源于东西方文化的差异。《喜福会》就是一个很好的例子。这篇小说是谭恩美所写，谭恩美也是美国文学史中最重要的美籍华裔作家之一。这篇小说引起了国内外学术界的关注，并且开始意识到逐渐浮现的跨文化交际中存在的文化差异问题。电影中母女两代人由于生长在不同的两个国家，接受不同的教育，因此交流、思维方式的不同必然会产生矛盾。本文以《喜福会》小说改编成的电影为研究对象，并且结合了中美传统文化的差异，来分析不同文化背景下的母女交流中产生的矛盾冲突及原因，从而引起人们对跨文化交际中文化差异的重视。关键词：文化冲突，《喜福会》，跨文化交际，母女关系AnalysisoftheCulturalDifferencesBetweenChinaandAmericaasReflectedinTheJoyLuckClubIIIContentsChapter1Introduction....................................................................................................11.1Theresearchtopic.................................................................................................11.2Significanceofthestudy......................................................................................21.3Anoverviewofthethesis.....................................................................................2Chapter2ConflictsbetweenMothersandDaughtersinTheJoyLuckClub.............42.1SuyuanWooandJune’sconflicts..........................................................................42.2An-meiHsuandRose’sconflicts..........................................................................52.3LindoJongandWaverly’sconflicts.....................................................................62.4AuntieYingYingandLena’sconflicts.................................................................72.5Summary...............................................................................................................9Chapter3TheDifferencesbetweenChinaandAmericanCulturesPresentedintheMovie.....................................................................................................103.1Differenteducationalbackground......................................................................103.2Differentviewsonloveandmarriage................................................................123.2.1Differentviewsonlove..............................................................................................123.2.2Differentviewsonmarriage.......................................................................................123.2.2.1Chinese’sviewonmarriage...........................................................................123.2.2.2American’sviewonmarriage.........................................................................133.3Differentsensesofvalue....................................................................................133.4Differentwaysoflanguageexpression...............................................................153.5Summary.............................................................................................................16Chapter4Conclusion.....................................................................................................174.1Majorfindings........................................................