从喜福会看中美文化差异与交融本科.doc

中国地质大学长城学院 本 科 毕 业 论 文 题目 从《喜福会》看中美文化差异与交融 Acknowledgements My deepest gratitude goes first and foremost to Li Hongjun, for her constant encouragement and guidance. She has walked me through all the stages of the writing of this thesis. Without her consistent and illuminating instruction, this thesis could not have reached its present form. Second, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Ji Yancun , who led me into the world of translation. I am also greatly indebted to the professors and teachers at the Department of English: Li Jiayi , Yang Lei , who have instructed and helped me a lot in the past two years. Last my thanks would go to my beloved family for their loving considerations and great confidence in me all through these years. I also owe my sincere gratitude to my friends and my fellow classmates who gave me their help and time in listening to me and helping me work out my problems during the difficult course of the thesis. Chen Caihong May 10, 2014 【摘 要】 《喜福会》是美国著名的华裔女作家谭恩美的代表作品。在小说中,她呈现给读者的是四位中国移民母亲与她们女儿之间的故事。这四位母亲都有着自己的世界观，她们的世界观又是立足于她们的中国生活经历。她们想把自己的经历一一讲述给女儿,并努力通过母爱的表达在她们与女儿的文化差异和冲突之间建立起沟通的桥梁。起初女儿们不能理解她们的母亲及其代表的中国文化,但随着时间的流逝,女儿们开始理解她们的母亲,同情她们母亲的悲惨过去并最终接受了她们的母亲。本文以中国和美国的文化对比为切入点，分析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、爱情观和婚姻观、价值观、语言表达、称谓语。通过对《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生观和中西方文化交融中的世界观。 【关键字】 教育方式；爱情观；婚姻观；价值观；文化差异 【Abstract】 The Joy Luck Club is written by Amy Tan，a famous Chinese American writer. In the novel, she presents the stories of four Chinese-immigrant women and their American-born daughters. Each of the four Chinese women has her own view of the world based on her experiences in China and wants to share her experiences with her daughter, and they never cease to try to build a bridge over the cultural differences and conflicts between them and their