Cultural Gaps and Conflicts Between China and America from a Study of The Joy Luck Club 由《喜福会》看中美文化差异和冲突.docVIP

Cultural Gaps and Conflicts Between China and America from a Study of The Joy Luck Club 由《喜福会》看中美文化差异和冲突 Contents Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………………………………i AbstractKey Word………………………………………………………..………………………ii 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………1 2. Analyzing the Cultural Gaps and Conflicts between China and America in Detail from a Study of The Joy Luck Club……………………………………………………………………………….4 2.1. Different values…………………………………………………………………………….5 2.2 Different concepts of family………………………………………………………………..8 2.3 Different ways of speaking and behavior………………………………………………….12 3. Looking forward to the future of cultural differences between China and America…………...18 References…………………………………………………………………………………………20 Acknowledgements I am greatly indebted to my thesis supervisor. She not only guides me to write this thesis in time, but also provides me with useful reference materials. Without her patient assistance and friendly encouragement, it would not have been possible for me to complete this thesis in such a short period of time without reducing its scholarly quality. My special thanks should go to my friend who has generously shared his reference materials with me and exchanged ideas on this subject. I especially thank my family and my roommates who have supported me during my research on this topic. Abstract Key Words Abstract: This paper mainly discusses different cultures. As a rule, intercultural communication refers to the communication between people from different cultures. Under different cultural circumstances, there are tangible differences in people’s both values and modes of thinking. Consequently, cultural gaps and conflicts are apt to come into being. From this point of view, this article intends to approach and analyze some concrete manifestations of differences in Chinese and American cultures by means of the novel, The Joy Luck Club, which is Chinese American female novelist, Amy Tan’s maiden work. This article can be divided into three