浅析中美婚姻观念的差异_英语论文

An analysis of the Differences of Sino-US Marriage Concepts

摘要

奔篇论文简述了中西方婚姻观的差异。通过从中西方的婚姻观念和特点，总体上分析两者的不同。之后再从具体的方面分析，例如婚姻目的，准则和夫妻间在婚姻中的关系等。婚姻在世界文化中起着非常重要的作用, 不同的国家有自己不同的婚姻观念和特点.。通过对中西方婚姻观念差异的分析，我们可以了解婚姻文化对社会发展带来的影响，促进中西方的交流。

关键词：婚姻观念；跨文化；中美；差异

Abstract

This paper talks about the differences between Chinese and Western Marriage Concept through their different cultural contexts and histories, and then analyzes the different aspects in details, such as purposes, criteria and relationship between husband and wife in marriage. Marriage plays a very important role in the world culture, and different countries have different marriage characteristics. Through the analysis of differences between Chinese and western marriage concept, we can understand the influences of marriage on the social development, as well as Chinese and western communications. 

Keywords: Marriage concepts; Cross-cultural; Sino-US; Differences

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 1

3. Different purposes in The Two Different Marriage Cultures 2

3.1 Purposes in chinese marriage culture 3

3.2 Purposes in western marriage culture 3

3.3 Reasons of these existing differences 4

4. Different Criteria in Mate Selection 5

4.1 Chinese criteria in mate selection 5

4.2 Western criteria in mate selection 6

4.3 Causes of the differences 6

5. Relationship between Husband and Wife in Marriage 7

5.1 Relationship in chinese marriage culture 7

5.2 Relationship in western marriage culture 8

6. Conclusion .........10

Works Cited 11