《穿普拉达的女王》与《杜拉拉升职记》台词文化对比分析_英语论文

A Cultural Comparison of the Lines in The Devil Wears Prada and Go LA LA Go！ 

摘要

文化差异在现代世界普遍存在。作为两种对立的价值观,个人主义和集体主义是东西方文化差异的主要体现之一。基于霍夫斯泰德的个人主义和集体主义文化维度理论,本论文对美国电影《穿普拉达的女王》和中国电影《杜拉拉升职记》中的台词进行文化对比分析,并且进一步探究隐藏在两部电影中的个人主义和集体主义倾向的深层原因。

《穿普拉达的女王》中的台词呈现个人主义倾向，体现在自我取向，平等，竞争和隐私等方面。《杜拉拉升职记》中的台词呈现集体主义倾向，反映在群体取向，阶级性，合作，和谐和对组织忠诚等方面。这两种倾向具有各自所蕴含的宗教、哲学、历史和地理等方面的原因。

本论文中进行的文化对比分析可以帮助人们更好地了解中国和美国的文化差异,增进相互了解,以促进跨文化交际的顺利进行。

关键词：文化对比；霍夫斯泰德的个人主义与集体主义维度；《穿普拉达的女王》 ；《杜拉拉升职记》；电影台词

Abstract

Cultural diversity is ubiquitous in the modern world, and as the two opposing values, individualism and collectivism embody the main cultural differences between east and west. Under the guidance of Hofstede’s individualism and collectivism cultural dimension, the thesis makes a cultural comparison of the lines in the American film The Devil Wears Prada and the Chinese movie Go LA LA Go!, and further explores the reasons hidden behind individualism and collectivism tendency in the two films. 

The lines of The Devil Wears Prada are individualism-oriented, which can be reflected from the aspects of self-orientation, equality, competition and privacy. The lines of Go LA LA Go! are collectivism-oriented, which can be reflected from the aspects of group orientation, hierarchy, cooperation, harmony and devotion to group. The two kinds of orientation have their own religious, philosophical, historical, and geographic reasons. 

The cultural comparison made in this thesis can help people better understand Chinese and American cultural differences and enhance mutual understanding for promoting the smooth progress of cross-cultural communication.

Key words: cultural comparison; Hofstede’s individualism-collectivism dimension; The Devil Wears Prada; Go LA LA Go!; film lines

Contents

1 Introduction 1

2 Literature Review 2

2.1 Hofstede’ s individualism-collectivism dimension 2

2.2 The Devil Wears Prada and Go LA LA Go! 4

2.3 The relevant studies 5

3 Hofstede’ s Individualism-Collectivism Dimension and The Devil Wears Prada 6

3.1 Case analysis 7

3.2 Cultural analysis of individualism in The Devil Wears Prada 10

4 Hofstede’ s Individualism-Collectivism Dimension and Go LA LA  Go! 12

4.1 Case analysis 13

4.2 Cultural analysis of collectivism in Go LA LA Go! 16

5 Conclusion 17

References 19