浅析电影《刮痧》中的中美文化差异_英语论文

A Study on Cultural Differences in Film Gua Sha

摘要

电影是文化的载体。《刮痧》这部电影讲述了许大同在美国经历的美国梦的实现与破碎。这很大程度上反映了华人在国外生活的种种不适。而这些不适很大程度上是由于中西方不同的认知造成的。本文主要从概念整合理论角度阐述《刮痧》中所表现的中美方文化差异和冲突。首先，本文结合电影中的情节从法律态度，医学，英雄观，父母培育等方面阐述中美文化差异的表现，然后就这些差异从概念整合理论角度探讨冲突的根源。接着给出合理的建议来减少文化冲突促进全球文化融合。

关键词：概念整合理论；法律文化；医学差异；英雄观；父母培育

Abstract

Movie is the carrier of culture. The film Gua Sha tells a story about Datong who experiences success and crusher of the American dream. To a large extent, this reflects Chinese get a lot of troubles in foreign life. However, these maladjustments are caused by the different cognitions. This article mainly expounds culture differences in film Gua Sha from Conceptual Integration Theory. First of all, this article combines the plots in the film to state Chinese and American cultural differences from legal attitude, medicine, hero views and parenting, and then analyses the causes of conflicts from Conceptual Integration Theory. Finally, it gives some reasonable suggestions to reduce cultural conflicts and promote cultural integration.

Key words: conception integration theory; legal culture; different medicine; hero view; parenting

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 1

3. Cultural Differences Reflected in Film Gua Sha 2

3.1 Different attitudes toward law 2

3.2 Different medicine 5

3.3 Different heroism 6

3.4 Different parenting 7

4. Causes for These Cultural Differences 7

4.1 Attitudes analysis 7

4.2 Medicine analysis 10

4.3 Heroism analysis 11

4.4 Parenting analysis 12

5. Conclusion 13

Works Cited 15