中英糖果文化的对比研究_英语论文

A Comparative Study of Chinese and British Candy Culture

摘要

作为一种甜食,糖果的由来历史悠久,深深地扎根在人们的物质生活和精神生活中,成为了一种重要的文化现象,在各国的传承与交流中形成带有民族特色的糖果文化。中英两国在不同的文化背景下形成了各自的糖果文化体系，在这个体系中，糖果文化集中体现了糖果与文化结合产生的现象。在当今社会，中英两国交流不断加强，了解中英两国的糖果文化的差异变得越来越重要。因此，中英两国的糖果文化的比较研究具有重要的现实意义。

本文以中英两国的糖果为切入点，从传统饮食文化的角度，对糖果的原料，糖果的包装，糖果的艺术性，糖果在生活中扮演的角色来研究中英两国的文化差异。本文共分为五章。第一章是简介，介绍了本文的研究背景，研究意义以及文章的框架结构。第二章是文献综述，陈述了糖果文化的研究现状。第三章是文章的主体部分，从糖果的原料，糖果的包装，糖果的艺术性，糖果在生活中扮演的角色方面对比研究中英糖果文化的差异。第四章阐述导致中英糖果文化差异的原因。最后一章是结论，包含本研究的主要的发现和不足之处。

关键词：糖果文化；对比研究; 跨文化交流

Abstract

As a sweet food, candy has a very long history. It is rooted in human’s material life and spiritual life deeply. Candy becomes a kind of important cultural phenomenon. China and Britain form their respective systems of candy culture in different cultural backgrounds. In this system, the candy culture epitomizes cultural phenomena based on the combination of candy and culture. In contemporary society, the cultural exchange of China and the UK is strengthened continuously. It is more and more important to understand the differences of candy culture between China and the UK. Therefore, it’s significant to make a comparative research on candy culture between China and Britain.

This paper chooses Chinese candy and British candy as the breakthrough point and researches cultural differences of two countries from raw material of candy, packing of candy, craft of candy and role in people’s life. This thesis consists of five parts. Chapter One is introduction, which offers background, significance of the research, structure of the thesis. Chapter Two is literature review, which mainly states research status of candy culture. Chapter Three is the major part of this thesis, which analyzes differences of candy culture from raw material of candy, packing of candy, craft of candy and role in people’s life. Chapter Four explains causes which lead to the differences between Chinese candy culture and British candy culture. Chapter Five is a conclusion, including major findings and deficiency about cross-cultural communication.

Key words: candy culture  comparative study  cross-cultural communication

Contents

Acknowledgments.I

AbstractII

摘要.III

Chapter One Introduction.1

  1.1 Background1

  1.2 Significant of the Research1

  1.3 Structure of the Thesis 1

Chapter Two Literature Review

  2.1 The Domestic Research Status2

  2.2 The Foreign Research Status.3

Chapter Three Comparisons between Chinese Candy Culture and British Candy Culture.4

  3.1 Raw Material of Candy.4   

  3.2 Craft of Candy5

  3.3 Packing of Candy6

  3.4 Role in People’s Life.7

Chapter Four Factors Leading to Differences between Chinese Candy Culture and British  Candy Culture 8                

  4.1 Natural Environment.8                 

  4.2 Beliefs8

  4.3 Social Institution8

  4.4 Values.9

Chapter Five Conclusion.10

References.11