摘    要

在以婚姻和家庭为主题的小说中，美国的摄影师作家詹姆斯．罗伯特．沃勒的小说《廊桥遗梦》堪称六十年代美国爱清的经典。在国内，女性作家王海鸰的作品《牵手》也向读者展示了真实的中国当代婚姻家庭。
两本小说的题材比较相似，都是围绕普通家庭中的婚姻面临诱惑和危机展开叙述，但是从中可以看出中国和美国的婚姻观和家庭观存在较大的差异。《廊桥遗梦》中出轨的妻子最终选择责任，而《牵手》中背叛婚姻的丈夫却提出离婚。两种截然不同的选择已经不再是一个单纯的婚姻问题，而反映出了两国不同文化对人们的婚姻观的影响。
本论文通过分析两本小说中所讲述的婚姻，结合两国的文化背景差异，阐述不同文化对人们婚姻观和家庭观的影响，从而更深刻的理解小说所反映的思想。

关键词：《廊桥遗梦》,《牵手》,婚姻家庭观,文化影响

ABSTRACT

In many novels with the theme of marriages and families, The Bridges of Madison County written by American photographer and writer Robert James Waller was called a representative of marriages in the 60’s in America. And in China, woman writer Wang Hailing also revealed the true marriage in modern China by her novel Qian Shou .
The theme of two novels is similar; both of them are about the temptation and crisis in ordinary families. But from two books, we can find large difference between the American and Chinese concept of marriages. In The Bridges of Madison County, the wife loved another man, but finally she chose responsibility. And in Qian Shou，the husband who betrayed their marriage divorced with his wife. Different choices are not only a marriage problem, but a reflection of different cultures in two countries.
This paper will give a discussion on how different cultures affect people’s concept of marriages by analyzing marriages in two novels and connecting cultures of two countries, the readers can have deeper comprehension to these two works.

Key words: The Bridges of Madison County, Qian Shou, the concept of marriage and family, culture affection.

Introduction

Literature works are based on realistic lives. Therefore, literature is the reflection of real life.
Marriage is considered to be the most crucial matter in individual life. Different people have different attitudes towards it, which can be called the concept of marriage. However, in reality, there are plenty types of marriages that among which not all marriages are successful through the society. Sometimes there will be crisis or other challenges appearing. Faced with this situation, varied people adopt their own way trying to deal with the problem and the final consequences are considerably various from each other.