关于研究《喜福会》电影改编版的研究_英语论文

A Study on the Film Adaption of The Joy Luck Club

摘要

谭恩美的作品《喜福会》作为华裔文学的重要代表作，受到广泛讨论。其中，文化差异主题和女性主题是其主要主题，也是可发掘的内容最为丰富的论题。在1993年，小说《喜福会》被改编成了电影。本文思考和分析了各种改编的原因和它们产生的效果。在这部电影改编中，呈现出迎合西方观众价值观和偏好的趋势，如强调刻画东方的异国风情、东方女子的柔弱等。同时，作为女性主义作品，女性意识的觉醒、男性角色的沉默也成为必然趋势。本文从东方主义和女性主义两个角度，对其从文本到电影的转变和改编作了分析，即从中国形象和中国人的形象两方面来分析电影，并从女性意识的觉醒和电影对男性角色的刻意略写来分析。本文通过对电影改编的讨论，指出其虽然大部分忠实于原著并尝试表达其精粹，但仍不可避免地存在一些带有目的性的改编。

关键字：喜福会 电影改编 东方主义 女性主义

Abstract

Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club, as an important representative of Chinese-American literature work, has been discussed widely. Of the various themes, cultural conflict and famine theme are the most rich-contented theme which can be excavated. In 1993 The Joy Luck Club was adapted into a film. This text thinks about and analyzes the reasons and effects of the changes arranged in the film. In the film adaption, the trend to cater to the values and interests of western audience are shown, such as emphasize the description of exoticness of oriental countries and the weakness and helplessness of oriental females. Meanwhile, as a feminine work, it is an essential trend that the feminine consciousness is waking and the male roles are silent. From the two perspectives of Orientalism and feminism, this text analyzes the change and adaption of The Joy Luck Club from a novel to a film. In the perspective of Orientalism, this text analyzes the film mainly from the two aspects: the image of China and the image of Chinese people; from the point of feminism, the awakening of female consciousness and the deliberate ignoring of male characters are mainly analyzed. After the analysis, one can cognize the film more comprehensively and know that it tries to transfer the most of the essence of the novel, but changes of certain purposes inevitably exist. 

Key words: The Joy Luck Club film adaption Orientalism feminism

Contents

Introduction 1

1 Orientalism in the Film Adaption 2

1.1 Image of Oriental Countries in the Film Adaption 3

1.2 Image of Oriental People in the Film Adaption 5

   1.2.1Image of the Mothers 5

   1.2.2Image of the Daughters 7 

   1.2.3Image of Oriental Males 8

2 Feminist Perspective in the Film Adaption 10

2.1 The Identity Construction of Ethnic Chinese 10

2.2 Female's Awareness and Consciousness for Gender Discrimination 11

2.3 Female Consciousness Waked in Conflict 12

2.4 The Deduction of the Male Performance 13

Conclusion 14

Bibliography 15

Acknowledgments 16