从《纽约客上海》看跨文化适应过程_英语论文

A Case Study of Intercultural Adaptation in Shanghai Calling

摘要

随着全球化进程的加深，大批外国人因为工作或学习等原因进入中国生活，如何适应中西方之间的巨大文化差异，成为了他们的首要难题。《纽约客@上海》是一部主要描述纽约律师山姆在被外派到上海后，从渴望回到纽约到逐渐适应中国社会环境决定在中国开展事业的电影。本文作者运用跨文化适应相关理论如文化休克和U型曲线理论来对山姆的跨文化经历进行具体分析，总结影响跨文化适应的因素，并提出更好适应跨文化环境的建议。

关键词：跨文化交际；跨文化适应；《纽约客@上海》；文化休克

Abstract

With the deepening of the globalization process, a large number of sojourners enter into China for the reason of work or learning, and how to adapt to the new cultural environment has become their primary problem. Shanghai Calling (2012) is a film describing that Sam, an ambitious New York attorney, after being sent to Shanghai on an assignment, experienced Chinese culture and society. Eventually, he managed to adapt to the Chinese culture. He changed himself from being eager to go back to New York to setting up his own law office in Shanghai. In this thesis, the author uses intercultural adaptation theory such as cultural shock and U-shaped curve theory to analyze this intercultural experience, summarizes factors affecting cross-cultural adaptation, and puts forward some suggestions for sojourners to adapt to a new cultural environment.

Keywords: intercultural communication; intercultural adaptation; Shanghai Calling; culture shock

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 2

2.1 The definition and essence of intercultural adaptation 2

2.2 The relationship between film and culture 3

3. Process of Intercultural Adaptation in Shanghai Calling 5

3.1 Culture shock and U-Curve Model 5

3.2 Factors affecting intercultural adaptation 7

4. Suggestions on Intercultural Adaptation 10

5. Conclusion 11

Works Cited 13