Abstract

Undoubtedly, most people should have read a famous work of Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, a book on the list of required readings in the schools. In this novel,  the “pride and prejudice” between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth makes them too blind to discover each others’ merits and almost fails their perfect love. With the development of the whole world in various respects such as economy, culture, politics and so on, the world has become a global village where harmonious and equal cross-cultural communication plays an increasingly important part on the international stage for the joint development. Nevertheless, “pride and prejudice” slows down the world’s pace to a better future. Though it is hard to reach an ending as happy as Pride and Prejudice, the author tries hard to use a comprehensive perspective to observe and analyze the “pride and prejudice” phenomena and seek out useful solutions.
In this essay, the author uses method of investigation, references reading and positivist collecting approach to collect some data and theories so as to have a better understanding of “pride and prejudice” and seek out reasonable and practical solutions. The paper is divided into six parts. In the first part, the author introduces the essay’s research background and shows the purpose of this paper. Part two presents a series of “pride and prejudice” in the cross-cultural communications to give the readers a better understanding of the problem. In the third part, reasons in terms of culture, economics, politics and media are explored. Part four analyzes “pride and prejudice” with social psychology since the mentality is the main origin of everything. Then three kinds of solutions are worked out in the fifth part. The final part is the conclusion of the whole essay that “pride and prejudice” is harmful yet unavoidable, but if more effective actions are taken, the cross-cultural communications can be more harmonious and efficient.

Keywords: pride and prejudice; intercultural communication; reasons; social psychology; solutions

摘要

毫无疑问，大部分人应该都读过简奥斯汀的一本著作—— 《傲慢与偏见》， 因为这是学校要求的必读书目之一。在小说中，达西和伊丽莎白之间的“傲慢与偏见”蒙蔽了他们的双眼，使他们看不到对方的美好之处， 他们之间的爱情也差点毁于一旦。随着全世界在经济、文化、政治等各个方面的发展，世界已经成为了一个地球村。为了在国际舞台上共同的进步，不同国家之间、不同文化间和谐平等的跨文化交际变得越来越重要。但是，生活中的各种“傲慢与偏见”现象的出现却减缓了世界走向美好明天的步伐。尽管很难取得像《傲慢与偏见》一样圆满的结局，作者尽量尝试采用一种综合的视角来观察与分析“傲慢与偏见”这个问题并提出有用的解决方式。
本文中，作者采用调查法、文献阅读法以及实证搜集法来搜集资料与理论，从而对“傲慢与偏见”有一个大致的了解并分析得出合理可行的解决方案。本文分为六个部分。第一部分是简介，作者介绍了论文的研究背景并且表明论文目的。第二部分整理了一系列跨文化交际中的“傲慢与偏见”现象，使读者对此现象有个大致的了解。第三部分文章探索了在文化、经济、政治和媒体四个方面的原因。第四部分中，由于心理因素是一切的来源，作者利用社会心理学分析了这个现象。接着一个部分就是提出了三种解决方案。最后作者对全文进行了总结得出“傲慢与偏见” 这种现象是有害却难以避免的，但是社会心理学方面有效的措施会使跨文化交际变得更加高效和谐。

关键词：傲慢与偏见；跨文化交际；原因；社会心理学；解决方案