Abstract

TV series was born less than one hundred years ago, but it has been one of the most popular arts in the world. Meanwhile, TV series is the product of the times and social environment, reflecting the values and characteristics of the society in a certain history period and also reflecting different cultures in different countries. So, the author  choose two latest TV series，one Chinese and another American, to study the differences between Chinese and American concepts of love and marriage. With the help of this analysis, better understand of different cultures and improvement of the quality of communication are expected. This assay will be divided into four parts:1) Concepts of love and marriage reflected from TV series; 2) The similarities and differences by comparing the two TV series;3) The reasons why concepts on love and marriage are different;4) American-Chinese intercultural marriage. This paper point out that although the marriage Concept between Chinese and American is very different, but it is certain that as the global integration and China’s entry into the world gradually, the concept of marriage between China and America will be more and more oncoming, opened and free.

[Key words]: TV series    marriage     love view

摘        要

虽然电视剧的历史不足一百年，它却是最受欢迎的艺术之一。同时电视又是时代和社会环境的产物，它反映了一定时代的价值取向和时代特征以及个国家间不同的文化特征。因此本文通过两部较为流行的详细的真实的描写中美两国年轻人的恋爱生活的电视剧来对中美两国恋爱婚姻观差异从：1）电视剧中所反映出的婚姻恋爱观；2）从电视剧中反映出的中美婚姻恋爱观的共同与不同之处3）造成这些不同的原因4）中美跨国婚姻等这四个方面研究。本文指出虽然中美婚姻恋爱观多有不同，但随着社会的发展，随着中国与世界的融合，中美的婚姻恋爱观也会相互融合，向着更加开放更加自由的方向发展。

关键字：电视剧，婚姻，恋爱观