中西方英雄主义对比-以孙悟空和哈利波特为例_英语论文

Comparison Between Chinese and Western Heroism--- Take Sun Wukong and Harry Potter as an example

摘要

古往今来，人们崇拜英雄羡慕英雄并渴望成为英雄，英雄是人类永恒的话题，它的定义因时代,民族文化和个人的差异而不同。如今的世界是一个全球化的世界，由于通信及交通技术的空前发展，人与人之间的交流变的越来越频繁.于是对各种文化产生了传递及影响,而各种文化中的英雄形象最易于传播和接受。英雄主义，作为一种意识形态，同样也属于能够反映文化价值的艺术范畴。本文以两部小说的主人公为例，从中西方英雄主义的定义及其发展简介、中西方英雄的相似性、中西方英雄的差异性三个方面来分析中西方英雄主义观的差异，从而使人们更深的了解跨文化交际的意义。 

关键词: 中西方英雄主义；差异； 跨文化交际

Abstract

Through ages, people worship hero, envy hero, and desire to be heroes. Hero is an eternal topic of mankind; however, its definition varies with times, ethic culture and personal differences. Today’s world is becoming a global village due to the unprecedented development of communication and transportation technology. Thus interpersonal communication becomes more and more frequent which brings great transmission and impact on various culture. In the culture, the heroic image can be most easily transmitted and accepted. Heroism, as a kind of ideology, also belongs to the category of culture which reflects culture values. This paper takes the leading characters of two novels “Sun Wukong” and “Harry Potter” as an example which respectively analyses the differences between Chinese and Western heroism from three aspects: Chinese and Western definitions of heroism, development profile of the two heroes, the heroic similarities and differences between Sun Wukong and Harry Potter, which conduces to further understanding of the significance of intercultural communication.

Keywords: Chinese and Western Heroism;  differences; intercultural communication;

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 1

2.1 Definition of Oriental heroism and its development profile 2

2.2 Definition of Western heroism and its development profile 3

3. Heroic Similarities between Sun Wukong and Harry Potter 5

3.1 Similarity on origin 5

3.2 Similarity on experience 6

3.3 Similarity on yearn for freedom 7

4. Heroic Differences Between Sun Wukong and Harry Potter 9

4.1 Difference on image 9

4.2 Difference on emotional view 10

4.3 Difference on moral value 12

5. Conclusion 13

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