浅析《喜福会》母女关系中的文化冲突_英语论文

A Study on the Cultural Conflicts in Mother-daughter Relationship of the Joy Luck Club

摘要

《喜福会》是美国著名华裔女作家谭恩美的代表作。小说呈现了四位移民母亲和四位在美国长大的女儿之间的故事，通过母女关系中不断的误解、冲突，从而深刻地展示了中美文化之间的冲突与矛盾。本文将从母女之间由于宗教信仰差异、家庭观念差异、社会习俗的不同而引起的文化冲突具体表现及其原因等方面对小说进行分析。小说最后母女之间的相互理解与沟通，说明了虽然不同的文化之间会有差异和冲突，但东西方文化最终将达到相互融合，共同进步。

关键词：《喜福会》； 母女关系；文化冲突

Abstract

the Joy Luck Club is the representative work of famous American Chinese female author Amy Tan. The novel tells a story about four immigrant mothers and four daughters who are born and grow up in America. It reflects that cultural conflicts and contradictions between China and America by continuously misunderstandings and conflicts in the mother-daughter relationship. The composition will study on this novel from the concrete reflections of culture conflicts and the factors leading to it, which are caused by different conflicts of religious beliefs, conflicts of family Concepts, conflicts of social customs between the mothers and daughters. In the end of the novel, the mothers and the daughters begin to understand and communicate with each other. It shows that even if there are cultural differences and conflicts between two cultures, eastern culture and western culture finally will integrate with each other, get progressed together. 

Key words: the Joy Luck Club; mother-daughter relationship; cultural conflicts