分析电影《喜福会》所表现的中西方文化差异英语论文

1、毕业论文（设计）title: an analysis of the cultural differences between china and the west from the joy luck club题 目: 分析电影喜福会所表现的中西方文化差异年 级 2009级英语本科五班专 业 英语系 别 外国语言文学系黑龙江外国语学院本科生毕业论文（设计）任务书姓名学号专业班级英语本科五班毕业论文（设计）题目：分析电影喜福会所表现的中西方文化差异毕业论文（设计）的立题依据由于中西方文化差异，每个国家都有各自不同的文化之处。通过对中西文化进行比较研究，探求两者之间存在的差异及文化根源，有助于增进中

2、西方之间的互相理解与沟通。同时通过本文的分析研究，深入了解中西方文化差异的原因。主要内容及要求本文以电影喜福会系列为切入点，主要从教育方式方面、爱情观和婚姻观方面、价值观方面、语言表达方面、称谓语方面, 对比和比较了中国和美国在文化诸多方面的差异，生活化地描写了中西方文化差异与交融。进度安排 10月 20日 选题 10月 20日 10月 30 日 接受指导老师的指导 1 月 6 日 1月 20 日 拟定论文大纲 1 月 21 日 2月 28 日 搜集、查阅、整理相关资料 3 月 1 日 3月 20 日 论文开题 3 月 21日 4月 20 日 初稿审定 4 月 21日 4月 30 日 第一次修

3、改 5月 1 日 5月 15 日 第一次审定 5月 15日 5月 30 日 第二次修改 5 月 30 日 6月 5 日 定 稿6月 5 日 6月 15 日 论文评阅小组评审论文（设计） 6 月 10日 毕业论文（设计）答辩学生签字：指导教师签字：年 月 日摘要 本文以电影喜福会系列为切入点，对比和比较了中国和美国在文化诸多方面的差异，主要从以下几方面进行了讨论：教育方式方面、爱情观和婚姻观方面、价值观方面、语言表达方面、称谓语方面。通过对电影喜福会中不同人物性格、生活方式及个人命运的刻画，生活化地描写了中西方文化差异与交融，也深刻细致地表达出这种差异和交融对人们的启发和思考，表达作家谭恩美得人

4、生观和中西方文化交融中的世界观。几位女性主人公的命运是中西方文化差异和交融的现实体现。关键词：教育方式；爱情观；婚姻观；价值观；文化差异abstractthis paper uses the joy luck club series as an entry point, contrasts and compares the similarities and differences between china and america in many aspects of culture, mainly discussed from the following aspects: ways of e

5、ducation, views of love and marriage, senses of value, ways of language expression and address terms. the article describes the difference and combination of chinese and western culture according to different figure characters, living ways, and individual fates in the movie the joy luck club, and al

6、so profoundly expresses peoples inspiration and pondering upon the difference and combination. the fates of several female figures in the movie are the realistic manifestation of the difference and combination of chinese and western cultures.key words: ways of education; views of love; views of marr

7、iage; value; cultural differences 黑龙江外国语学院2013届毕业论文contents摘要iabstractiichapter 1 introduction.11.1 brief introduction to the author.11.2 brief introduction of the novel .11.3 introduction about the thesis.2chapter 2 the differences between american and chinese cultures presented in the movie.32.1 t

8、he chinese culture in the movie.32.2 different views on love and marriage .32.2.1 maternal love in the joy luck club.32.2.2 different views on marriage.62.3 different senses of value.82.3.1 the differences between chinese family in the pecking order and american family of equality.82.3.2 the differe

9、nces between chinese traditional family concept and american individualism.92.3.3 chinas modest comity and american foursquare people .102.4 different ways of language expression .112.5 different uses of address terms.12chapter 3 compatibility between chinese and american culture.14chapter 4 explori

10、ng the methods of the harmonious coexistence of sino-us culture from the joy luck club.164.1to enhance political and cultural exchanges .16 4.2 to show understanding of and respect for foreign cultures.17 4.3 to seek common points while reserving differences .19chapter 5 conclusion.20bibliography.21

11、acknowledgements.22an analysis of the cultural differences between china and the west from the joy luck clubchapter 1 introduction1.1 brief introduction to the authoramy tan (chinese: 譚恩美; born february 19, 1952) is a chinese american writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships. in 1993

12、, tans adaptation of her first novel, the joy luck club, became a commercially successful film. the book has been translated into 35 languages.1.2 brief introduction of the novel the joy luck club is a well-known american-chinese writer amy tans representative works.in the novel, she presented to th

13、e reader four chinese immigrant mothers and their daughters. although living in america, the immigrant mothers cling to chinese traditional culture. they organize the joy luck club regularly, a weekly meeting of best chinese friends. four mothers with their own view of the world, their world view is

14、 based on their experiences of life in china. however, the girls from their mothers can not understand the chinese culture because they are born in america. so the conflicts have been vividly described in this book. as time goes by, after a series of misunderstandings and conflicts, they begin to un

15、derstand each other. the two generations go into harmony with their efforts of love.1.3 introduction about the thesis the thesis is the discussion about the mother-daughter collision and compatibility between chinese and american cultures, it is divided into five major parts: introduction, the diffe

16、rence between american and chinese cultures presented in the movie, compatibility between chinese &american culture, exploring the methods of the harmonious coexistence of sino-us culture from the joy luck club, conclusion. in addition, the paper argues that mother-daughter conflict presented the di

17、fferent culture between china and american in the movie. more importantly, after a series of misunderstandings, the two generations are in harmony which means cultural compatibility between china and america. it brings hope that contradiction or oppositions in our lives between past and present, bet

18、ween generation and between cultures can possibly be well reconciled. chapter 2 the differences between american and chinese cultures presented in the movie2.1 the chinese culture in the moviein the movie, we can see that the four mother-immigrants hold the joy luck club every week. all their best f

19、riends and related people will attend. they cook chinese food, wear chinese traditional clothes. especially, they prefer to play mahjong. it undoubtedly provides a place for the others to get in retrospect. in my oppinion, i think that playing mahjong reflects the character of a person and the cultu

20、re of a nation. in the movie the joy luck club, we can see four vivid characters at the mahjong table. jingmei (the leading acterss) plays mahjong with three eldly women, the expression and behavior of auntie lindo, she is aggressive and mighty as we see after the movie telling the stories between s

21、he and her daughter. analysing the character of auntie lindo, culture of the mahjong can present. when playing mahjong, every person prefers to suppress the others, making every endeavor to win. if something indicates he will lose, he will destroy all the games to make everyone lose. but people are

22、enjoying strifing openly and secretly. such a game mirrors most of chinese characters：passive, defensive, selfish. instead, as we know, pokers are more popular in america. so it is hard to be accepted by the america-born girls.2.2 different views of love and marriage2.2.1 maternal love in the joy lu

23、ck club every mother loves her child or children. although the joy luck club mothers are very strict with their daughters, they still love their daughters. and the maternal love the four mothers impart to their daughters is just a typical chinese one. the maternal love of chinese mothers is not as d

24、irect as that of american mothers. chinese mothers do not kiss and hug their daughters and say “i love you” to them like their american counterparts. mothers all love their daughters in a chinese way. first, just as the woman in the preface of the feathers from a thousand li away cooes to her swan,

25、in america i will have a daughter just like me. but over there nobody will be measured by the loudness of her husbands belch. over there nobody will be look down on her, because i will make her speak only perfect american english. and over there she will always be too full to swallow any sorrow! she

26、 will know my meaning, because i will give her this swana creature that became more than what was hoped for. the joy luck club mothers put high expectations upon their daughters. they hope their daughters will become successful. they begin to plan for their daughters future since they are children.

27、they dont care whether their daughters like the plan or not, because in traditional chinese culture, sons and daughters must obey their parents, and they cannot rebel against the parents. if they do this, it is filial impiety, and they will be criticized by the family members and the neighbors and t

28、he society. second, the joy luck club mothers criticize their daughters much more instead of praising them more like the american mothers. in their eyes, if they want their children to have power and skills so that they can survive in the fiercely competitive society, they have to be strict with the

29、ir offspring. for the joy luck club mothers, in order to make sure that their daughters are powerful enough in the future, they are very strict with their daughters and criticize them much instead of praising them. when ying-ying thinks that lena can go to school by herself, she urges again and agai

30、n: “you must not walk in any direction but to school and back home”. but too much criticism makes the daughters feel dissatisfied and even angry with their mothers. they cannot accept this kind of love because they are strongly influenced by american individualism. they cannot bear their mothers arb

31、itrariness and criticism no longer. some of them openly say “no” to their mothers.third, they care too much for their daughters life. the chinese parents hope that their offspring will have a happy life. even if their child or children get married, they will still pay much attention to their marital

32、 life, and want to make sure that their offspring have a happy life. for the joy luck club mothers, their care and love can be reflected in the assistance they provide their daughters to solve their marriage problems. they never hesitate to help their daughters when their daughters have marriage pro

33、blems. they try their best to pull their daughters out of troubles. both rose and lena marry americans. in front of their american husbands, they have a sense of inferiority. rose does not make any decision on anything. instead, she lets her husband decide because she believes her husbands decision

34、is always better. gradually, she begins to lose charms to her husband who believes that she is shouldering off responsibility. he even proposes a divorce. crisis also exists in lenas marriage. they fight to solve the problems, but they are too weak to work out a solution. at this critical moment, th

35、eir mothers do not walk away from them but try their best to help their daughters. an-mei encourages rose to speak up, “why do you not speak up for yourself? why can you not talk to your husband?” when rose takes her mothers advice and does speak up for herself, she not only astounds her arrogant hu

36、sband, but also saves her marriage. ying-ying shows her daughter what disastrous consequences would happen if she continues to ignore the imbalance between her and her husband. in this way, she reminds her daughter to take immediate actions to get rid of the imbalance in her marriage. from the assis

37、tance that their mothers provide them, the two daughters feel the deep love as well as the powerful strength of their chinese mothers, although sometime they may feel annoyed. rose finally realizes that her mother is more enthusiastic and helpful than an american psychiatrist in pulling her out of p

38、sychological troubles. the american psychiatrist only makes her feel “hulihutu”. as for lena, she finds out that her mother loves her better even than her american husband because her mother still clearly remembers that she never eats ice-cream while her husband knows nothing about it even though he

39、 has been married to her for many years. from this aspect, the joy luck club mothers give their daughters a lot of help and comfort. in fact, the maternal love of the joy luck club mothers exists almost everywhere. the four daughters come to realize that their mothers are always loving them in every

40、 possible situation. they find out that their mothers would express maternal love at any moment. at the crab dinner, suyuan would not let her daughter jingmei pick the crab with a broken leg after every guest has taken away the good ones. in suyuan eyes, a crab with a broken leg is a symbol of bad l

41、uck. she does not want her daughter to suffer from bad luck. in order to protect jingmei from bad luck, when there are only two crabs in the plate, suyuan picks the one with a broken leg for herself, and gives her daughter the better one. again, the maternal love of a chinese mother is vividly shown

42、 here. the mothers would always protect their daughters and make any sacrifice for them at any moment. in all, the maternal love that the joy luck club mothers show to their daughters is brim with chinese culture. in the beginning, because their daughters dont know anything about their mothers mothe

43、rland culture, they cannot understand their mothers, but after hearing their mothers experiences in china, and sensing their mothers sincere love, they begin to understand and accept their mothers. although they have been soaked in the american culture, the same blood of the chinese people in their

44、bodies and their mothers love reminds them that they cannot deny their mothers culture.2.2.2 different views of marriage2.2.2.1 comparison of the western concept of marriagefemale failed marriage seems to be the theme in the film “the joy luck club”, touch one deeply in the heart, for example: the y

45、oung aunt lin became a child bride, when she found her husbands position is determined by the pregnant belly, she used own wisdom ended her marriage without love successfully. the film can be seen different attitudes and ideas about life of the two generations after emigrated to the united states, i

46、t is the direct embodiment of the difference in marriage concept of west and east culture. chinese marriage multi-legged no autonomy. mothers in the film the marriage is good portrayal; such as marriage, child bride. theory of personality structure can be a very good explanation of this point, chine

47、se is based on interpersonal self as the core to forge their own personality, self - not from others of their own requirements. this decision in chinese parents marriage plays a dominant role in micro, daughter and her mothers marriage is the direct reflection, micro in order to get the mother recog

48、nized and experienced a failure marriage, while his mother is the direct victims of child bride. in order to interpersonal self as the core personality of chinese especially pay attention to their relations with others, pay attention to the opinions of others on their own. in addition, chinese marri

49、age represents the reproductive marriage - model of sex, also reflect the personality characteristics of r in china. in chinese marriage is based on reproduction, marriage is a personal belongs to family and family, sex in the secondary position, resulting in a lack of emotional arranged marriage an

50、d child bride.in contrast, american marriages are independent random. this point can be reflected by daughters marriages in the film. roses marriage is a typical example, although her husbands mother does not agree, marriage can still realize. according to the theory of personality structure, wester

51、n personality structure is the inner self as the core, named “self-discipline personality”. western marriage reflects a mode: “the love, a marriage, reproduction”, so two people have feelings, then have the marriage, which fundamentally affirmed the autonomy of marriage. thus westerners tend to choo

52、se a spouse independently, but cannot tolerate any other people involved. so her mother-in-law want to persuade rose and her son separate in the film. the son is furious to her, with a very rude word criticism mother, this is called the mistake in china. americans if you like, you do not care about

53、the others opinions, but listen to your heart. thus, the differences beween china and west of the marriage concept.2.2.2.2 morphological characteristics of chinese and western views of marriagedifferent personality structure decides different marriage. chinas interpersonal self of personality model decides marriage: “reproduction, marriage and sex”. while the chinese marriage is basisd on family of photograph, to maintain family. from the morphological