《喜福会》英文论文.pdf

The Joy Luck Club: Collision and Compatibility Between Chinese and American Culture Abstract The Joy Luck Club, a masterpiece of Amy Tan,was one of the best-sellers in America in 1989;it is Amy Tans first full-length novel.Amy Tan,American born Chinese,was born in Oakland,USA in 1952.The Joy Luck Club is about misunderstanding, collision and comprehension between the four groups of immigrant mothers and their American daughters.Under the influence of the daughters’ defiance,the mothers realise chinese cultural marginalization in American cultural environment and confront the chinese cultural identity.At the same time,faced with the mothers’intervention, the daughters see the defect and shortage in American culture and accept the chinese culture heritage.The relationship between the mothers and the daughters reflects the collision and compatibility between Chinese and American culture and proclaims the possibility and inevitability in the development of compatibility between Chinese and American culture. Key words: The Joy Luck Club ,mother-daughter collision , mother-daughter compatibility, collision between Chinese and American culture, compatibility between Chinese and American culthre. 《喜福会》中的中美文化的碰撞与融合 摘要：《喜福会》是谭恩美的一部杰作，它是她的第一部真正意义上的小说，是美国 在 1989 年畅销书之一。关于谭恩美，她是一个美籍华裔作家，1952 年她出生在美国的奥 克兰。谭恩美的小说《喜福会》描写了四位中国母亲和她们的美国女儿从误解，冲突到理 解的故事。最终母亲在女儿的反叛中看到了中国文化在美国文化环境中的边缘性并勇敢面 对自己的中国文化身份；而女儿也在母亲的干预中看到了美国文化的缺陷和不足，进而接 受了自己的中国文化血统。小说通过母女关系表现了中美两种文化之间的碰撞和融合，也 揭示了中美文化融合的可能性和必然性。 关键词：喜福会，母女碰撞，母女融合，中美文化碰撞，中美文化融合. Acknowledgements On the completion of this paper, I would like to ex