Abstract
 
This thesis is based on the studies of culture between China and America in the Joy Luck Club. The Joy Luck Club is the first long novel of Amy Tan, a famous Chinese American writer. The novel is set in the age of globalization and in the multicultural American society. Amy Tan mainly describes the stories of four Chinese-immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters in the novel, which presents us the process of misunderstanding, conflicts, understanding and integration between the mothers and the daughters. This thesis mainly analyzes the conflicts and integration of Chinese and American cultures according to different characters, living ways, and individual fates in the Joy Luck Club, and also profoundly expresses people’s inspiration and pondering upon the conflicts and integration. In the end, the thesis points out that people should take the correct attitude towards cultural conflicts when faced with different cultures.

Key words: The Joy Luck Club; conflicts; integration; culture

摘要

本论文主要以美国著名华裔女作家谭恩美的第一部长篇小说《喜福会》为基础来研究中美文化。在这部以全球化和美国多元文化社会为背景的小说中，作者主要描述了四位中国移民母亲与她们在美国出生的女儿之间的故事，呈现了母女由误会、冲突、理解到融合的过程。本论文通过对《喜福会》中不同人物性格、生活方式及个人命运的刻画，描写了中西方文化的冲突与交融和由此给人们带来的启发和思考，本文还指出人们在面对不同文化的冲突时应采取的正确态度。

关键词:《喜福会》；冲突；融合；文化