Abstract

Diet, as a cultural phenomenon, plays an irreplaceable role during the progress of human society, whether in China or in the West. It remains close relationship with cross-cultural communication. However, there are great disparities in dietetic cultures between China and Western countries，which could be the obstacles to the process of cultural exchange. Eat Drink Man Woman and Julie and Julia are the two distinctive films which reflect each country’s characteristics of dietetic culture. Through the description of movie scenes that related to dietetic cultures, the thesis endeavors to make an analysis of the similarities, the differences and the rooted causes between Chinese and Western dietetic cultures in terms of eating objects, dietetic habits, cooking methods, and dietetic attitudes. In this way, misunderstandings and communication barriers caused by cultural differences could be avoided to a great degree and intercultural communication between China and Western countries will be improved.

Keywords: Chinese and Western dietetic culture; comparison; cause      analysis; films                               
 
摘要

饮食作为一种文化现象，无论在中国还是在西方，都在人类社会的发展进程中起着不可替代的作用。饮食与跨文化交际密不可分。但是中西的饮食文化又有很大的差异,这种差异会对交际产生一定的影响。《饮食男女》和《朱莉与茱莉亚》是两部能各自体现本国饮食文化特点的电影。通过电影中有关饮食文化特点的情节描写，本文在饮食对象、烹饪方式、饮食习惯、饮食态度等方面归纳出了中西饮食文化方面的异同，并尝试对这些差异进行原因分析。通过对比与总结，我们能有效地避免因双方文化差异带来的误解，从而促进中西方国家的跨文化交流。

关键词：中西饮食文化；对比；原因分析；电影