小说《喜福会》及它的文化解读_英语论文

The Joy Luck Club and Its Cultural Translation

摘要

1989年，美籍华裔女作家谭恩美（Amy Tan）发表《喜福会》（The Joy Luck Club）。此书一问世便成为畅销书，在美国掀起华裔文学热，为华裔作品进入美国主流文学做出贡献。此书不仅向美国人展示了来自神秘中国的传统文化，还演绎出中美文化的巨大冲突。国内外学者对《喜福会》这部小说的研究主要集中于三个方面：小说的主题，深层的文化解读以及小说的叙事手法。鉴于此，本论文将就中美文化诸多方面的差异进行比较，思考和探讨中美文化差异和交融给人们带来的启发。随着全球化进展，跨文化交际已成为必然，而文化差异往往成为跨文化交际的障碍。文化的影响对个人和固有的问题，存在于生产和解释信息的跨文化交际中。在中国经济实力、综合国力不断强大，全球化趋势不断加强的情况下，本文结合美国华裔文学代表作，试图展现东西方文化的冲突与融合。

关键词：《喜福会》 美国华裔文学 文化差异 

Abstract

Written by Chinese-American writer Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club became the best-seller as soon as it was published in America,raising a boom of Chinese - American Literature,which,has made great contribution to the entrance of Chinese works into the mainstream literature in the U.S. Not only has the book shown the traditional culture from the mysterious China, to a great extent it has also performed the great conflict between the two different cultures at the same time. The study on this book from scholars at home and abroad mainly focus on the following three aspects,that is the topic,the cultural interpretation of the novel and the storytelling. Accodingly,in this paper I would study further about the diffrences of the two cultures at various aspects and hopefully we may gain some inspiration. Cultural communication has become inevitable process for Chinese people who welocome people from all over the world in her strive for modernization and globalization with the development of the society. Cultural differences have become great obstacles to intercultural communication.Therefore, the cultural antagonism and integrity are what I attempt to explore in this background.

Key Words: The Joy Luck Club, Chinese - American Literature, cultural differences

Contents

Introduction 1

1.Analysis of the Language 2

1.1 The Power of Storytelling 2

1.2 Chinese elements in the narratives written in English 3

2. Interpretations of the symbols 4

2.1 Suyuan’s Pendant 5

2.2 Lena’s Vase 5

2.3 Lindo’s Red Candle 6

3. Major Characters of Each Family and Their Representation 7

3.1 Jing-mei Woo 8

3.2 Lindo Jong 10

3.3 Rose Hsu 11

3.4 Ying-ying St. Clair 12

Conclusion 14

Bibliography 16

Acknowledgments 17