跨文化视角下幽默文化的比较研究-以中美脱口秀节目为例_英语论文

A Comparative Study on Humor Culture from Intercultural Perspective----Taking Sino-US Talk Show as an Example

摘要

近年来，随着全球化的发展，世界各国之间的交流越来越频繁。不同的国家有不同的文化背景，由此带来的文化冲突与碰撞也越来越明显。由于文化背景的不同，中西方幽默也往往大异其趣。幽默不仅是一种娱乐手段，也是文化的一种特殊载体。本文选取中美访谈类脱口秀节目作为切入点，分析了幽默文化的定义与功用，并从中美脱口秀节目中主持人的穿着、面部表情和肢体语言以及语言等方面比较中美幽默文化，分析了产生差异的文化根源，促使人们在幽默文化中增长智慧，同时有助于了解不同文化的表现形式，使人们能够克服文化障碍，从而成功的进行跨文化交际。

关键词: 跨文化；幽默文化；脱口秀节目

Abstract

In recent years, with the development of globalization, exchanges between countries in the world are becoming more and more frequent. Different countries have different cultural backgrounds, so that the cultural conflict and collision are becoming more and more obvious. Humor in the West and the East is greatly different due to the different cultural backgrounds. Humor is not only a way of entertainment but also a special carrier of culture. This paper takes American and Chinese talk show as the research starting-point, and analyzes the definition and function of humor culture. In addition, this paper also compares the American and Chinese humor culture from dressing, facial expressions and body language, language of hosts so as to find out where the cultural differences are originated from. On this basis, it aims to make people gain wisdom from humor culture and understand the different manifestations of different cultures.Then, people can overcome cultural barriers and make a successful cross-culture communication.

Keywords: cross-culture  humor  talk show