对电影《刮痧》的文化差异研究_英语论文

Analysis of Cultural Difference in the Movie Guasha

摘要

文化是人类思考与行为的根基。随着中美两国交流日益加深，中美两国文化与价值观在人们学习、生活、娱乐中的渗透力度与深入力度日渐显著，因此，本文试图以电影《刮痧》为例对中美文化差异进行分析研究。

文章由导论，正文和结论三部分组成。导论部分介绍了刮痧出品的时代背景、导演的拍摄动机以及电影的主要情节。

正文部分的第二章分析阐述了电影里的场景与台词所象征的深层含义。影片以刮痧这个具体的小事件为切入点，非常成功地表现出了中美两国文化冲突这个复杂而综合的大命题。本文首先分析了几个有代表性的运用象征手法的场景，继而阐释了某些台词在电影中的象征意义，及其折射的文化隔阂与冲突。

第三章以电影的四个典型片段探讨了中西方文化的差异所在。对“儿童教育”、 “友谊”、“流产”、以及“对经典文化的不同解读”这四个典型场景进行深入分析，从对同一件事的不同理解和定义来解剖与揭示中西方不同思维体系。

第四章是结论部分，综述正文，解释了刮痧的医学理论和“刮痧”的文化含义。

本文以刮痧为入口，深入剖析了中西文化因何不同，于何处不同，怎样不同，从而帮助人们在分析比较中加深理解，使各国人民能以更和谐友好的方式共同发展，有很重要的实用价值。

关键词：文化冲突 象征意义 刮痧 思维体系

Abstract

Culture is the basis of people’s mind and behavior. As China and America associate more and more with each other, their culture are penetrating into every aspect of their daily life, such as learning, living and entertainment. Therefore, this article tries to analyze the cultural difference between China and America through the movie Guasha.

This paper consists of introduction, main body and conclusion. The introduction briefly introduces to the background and motivation of Guasha Treatment and the plots of the movie.

Chapter two talks about the symbolism in the film. Guasha used a very specific Chinese medical treatment as the entry point to express a large and complicated topic----the cultural difference between China and America. This part analyzes several representative scenes where the symbolism is used, and explains the deeper meaning of some words in the film, which indicates the cultural clashes.

Chapter three discusses the cultural differences through four clips of the film. This part analyzes the different views on “educating children”, “Friendship”, “abortion”, and “interpretation of Journey to the West”. Towards the same thing, Chinese people and American people have totally different opinions, which reveal the different thinking system of these two cultures.

Then the conclusion summarizes the whole body and explains the medical theory of Guasha treatment. 

Using the movie Guasha as the entry point, this paper analyzes how and where the culture difference occurs, so that people can enhance their understanding of each other and find a better way to get along in the future. 

Key words: Cultural clashes Symbolic meaning Guasha Treatment Thinking system