Abstract

To a large extent, the conflicts between citizens of Chinese origin and Americans are caused by cultural differences. In The Joy Luck Club, the author Amy Tan describes the conflicts ---- collectivism vs individualism, modesty vs frankness, arranged marriage vs love freedom between the Chinese mothers and their American born daughters. In the end, the conflicts between Chinese mothers and their daughters are finally reconciled, mainly because the mothers’ inherent love and the effective communication. Nowadays, the globalization develops very fast so that people with different cultures have the more contacts. So the effective communication plays an important role in narrowing the gap between different cultures. In the thesis, through the study of The Joy Luck Club and analyzing what the conflicts are and why they have conflicts, the thesis focuses on the main reasons of cultural conflicts and find effective methods to solve them.

Key words: culture   conflicts   mothers’ inherent love   effective communication

摘要

西方的中国移民与当地人之间的矛盾在很大程度上是由东西方文化的差异而造成的。在小说《喜福会》中，作者潭美恩描写了华裔母女间集体主义和个人主义的矛盾、谦虚和直白的矛盾以及包办婚姻和自由恋爱的矛盾。小说结尾处，华裔母女间的矛盾最终化解，而化解矛盾的主要原因是母亲与生俱来的母爱和母女间有效的沟通交流。现如今，由于全球化日益加速，不同文化背景的人之间的接触更加频繁，所以有效的沟通交流就会显得十分重要。通过对小说《喜福会》进行研究分析，例如：华裔母女的矛盾有哪些？产生矛盾的原因？这篇论文主要分析以上文化冲突并找到解决矛盾的有效方法。

关键词：文化   矛盾   母爱   有效的沟通