摘要：

电影艺术不仅仅是文化的标志，还是文化的产物。作为文化的载体，它可以反映一国文化的特质，但不同文化对英雄主义社会价值的定义却不一样。随着中外经济文化交流日益增多，全球化趋势的日益增强，大批英雄主义题材的国外影片被引进中国，这种现象也引发了人民对中外英雄主义的思索与探究。本文以中美两国的英雄文化为基础，以美国影片《功夫熊猫》和中国影片《霍元甲》为例，运用对比方法研究两国电影作品中英雄主义的相同点和不同点，并以《功夫熊猫》为例分析中美电影中英雄主义的融合。最后本文运用霍尔的高语境|低语境理论为中国电影文化的利用与传播提供一些建设性的意见。

关键词：英雄主义；对比；融合；中国电影；美国电影

Abstract:

Film arts are not just a sign of culture, but a cultural product. As a carrier of culture, film arts are able to reflect the characteristics of a nation's culture. However, different cultures will define social value of heroism in different ways. With the increasing number of economic and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, and the growing trend of globalization, a great number of foreign films with heroism theme have been introduced to China, which has also led to the people’s thinking and exploration of heroism. In this thesis, contrastive analysis is employed to study the differences and similarities of heroism in Chinese and American Films, based on heroic culture of China and America, and taking the American film Kung Fu Panda and the Chinese film Fearless as examples. Kung Fu Panda will be also taken as an example to study the integration of heroism. Finally, the thesis uses Hall's high-context / low-context theory to provide some constructive advice for the use and dissemination of Chinese film culture.
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Key words: Heroism; contrast; integration; Chinese films; American films
 
1. Introduction
Globalization, as a very popular word, has become the most fashionable phenomenon all through the world today. Societies all over the world have established closer and closer links with each other in such aspects as politics, economy and culture. Globalization came from the field of economy which we usually call economic globalization. However, globalization is beyond economy, which has referred to the rapid global realm of technologies, ideas, values, and opinions. The globalization of culture has become an inseparable part in the whole process of globalization. Tomlinson agrees with this view when he said “Globalization lies at the heart of modern culture; cultural practices lie at the heart of globalization”.