英语本科论文--从《喜福会》看中美家庭价值观差异.doc

 本 科 毕 业 论 文 （ 二 0 一一 届 ） 题 目 从《喜福会》看中美家庭价值观差异 学 院 外国语学院 专 业 英语教育 Different Family Values in Chinese and American Cultures Shown by The Joy Luck Club A Thesis Presented to School of Foreign Languages University In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements For the Degree of Bachelor of Literature May 2010 Abstract Amy Tan, a famous Chinese American writer, has become one of the representatives of Chinese American literature. The Joy Luck Club, Tan’s debut novel, is a narrative focuses on the conflicts between Chinese mothers and Americanized daughters in four Chinese American immigrant families. It expresses the differences between Chinese and American culture, especially in the respect of family values. The core of Chinese traditional family values is filial piety. By contrast, the American family values place emphasis on individualism and individual’s right and advocate liberty and equality. This paper analyzes the relationship between mother and daughter in Chinese American families and those between husband and wife in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club, and focus on different family education and view of marriage between Chinese and American shown by The Joy Luck Club. Key words: family values; family education; marriage view；individualism I 摘 要 谭恩美是一位著名的美国华裔女作家，并以其为数不多的几部作品享誉美国文坛。她的处女作《喜福会》以讲故事的形式讲述了四个从中国移民到美国的移民家庭里，中国母亲和美国化了的女儿之间的冲突。这部作品表现了中美文化的差异，尤其是家庭价值观差异。相比以孝道为传统家庭价值观的中国，美国家庭价值观更注重个人主义和个人权利自由，倡导自由和平等。本文分析了《喜福会》中这些移民家庭里母亲和女儿的关系以及女儿和她们丈夫的关系，并着重探讨《喜福会》所表现出的中美文化中不同的家庭价值观—家庭教育和婚姻观。 关键词：家庭价值观；；家庭教育；婚姻观；个人主义 IIContents Abstract …...……………...……………...………………......………… I 摘要...…………………...………………...…………….……………… II 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………….1 1.1 Introduction of Amy Tan…………………………………………1 1.2 Introduction of The Joy Luck Club………………………………1 2. The contrast between Chinese and American family education...……..1 2.1 Different family education objects……………….………….…....1 2.2 Different styles of family educatio