❶ 英美電影文化的差異
美國電影與美國文化 該文章從美國電影的角度來敘述美國精神。從電影中看見美國精神的變遷、美國人自我認知的人生價值的改變以及美國人在民族精神中一直堅守的某些東西。 從這些電影中可以看出沒有歷史文化沉澱的美國如何在苦苦積累自己的歷史文化。民族性的東西往往不可忽略，我們往往只看見美帝國飛揚跋扈的統治者以及他們的遠征軍，而看不見美國的芸芸眾生。也許從好萊塢的商業電影中我們能看見美國。 各取所需:90年代英國電影文化 1998年9月初,英國幾家大報登出老牌電影新聞工作者F·莫里斯·斯佩德去世的布告,他是從1945年就開始出版的幾份電影雜志<倫敦娛樂快報>(What's On inLondon)和<電影評論>月刊(Film Review)的創辦人,這些雜志全面報道和評述英國本土攝制的電影.對某一特定年齡層的電影愛好者來說,86歲的斯佩德的死訊勾起了他們對遙遠過去的回憶--在那個年代,人們常說的話就是"看電影去",沒有什麼電影專家,有的就是無數的影迷,他們經常三五成群地去"大劇場"(Odeon)或者"ABC電影院",把英俊的羅納德·柯爾曼(Ronald Colman)、斯特華特·格蘭奇(Stewart Granger)和艷麗的貝蒂·格拉勃(Betty Grable)、艾娃·格萊納(Ava Gradner)等帥男美女作為自己崇拜的偶像,這些演員嘴唇紅潤的肖像經常出現在<電影評論>等雜志的彩色插頁上.
❷ 從電影《喜福會》看中美文化差異，英語論文，有寫過的人嗎，希望能幫助我一下，謝謝。
這個可以給你參考一下 「joy」 or 「join」 ---- culture shock between the east and the west
The joy luck of club is the title of this novel. It is also held by Suyuan, Jingmei』s mother, to gather 4 families immigrated to America in 1949. What is the purpose of holding such a party each week? The answer is to be joyful as the name of party------ the joy luck club. 4 old ladies always play maijiang and tell funny stories in the party. Everyone here tries his or her best to pretend to be happy. However, deeply inside their hearts, all of them have their own sorrows.
What makes them unhappy? Those pains are caused not only by their lives in old China but also by the misunderstanding of their own America-born daughters. So I think the name of the book is ironic.
How come daughters do not understand their mothers? It is caused by culture shock between the east and the west.
「3 obedience and 4 virtues」 vs. Indivial freedom
In Chinese tradition, wives must follow her own parents, husbands and parents-in-low. They are not allowed to have their own idea and have no right to choose their own life. If they do not obey the rules, they will be considered to be a bad woman. This point is shown in the first part of the book------- 4 mothers』 sad lives in old China. Although they have escaped from China, they also have Chinese traditional characters.
However, in America, children have equal rights with their parents. They can choose their own life in the way of they like. It is not difficult to understand why American-born daughters cannot like the way of their mothers ecate them.
Take Waverly for example. Lindo asks her daughter to play chess and take part in a contest. After winning the game, Lindo boasts her daughter』s prize to others. Waverly can not understand this way and even hate this. She wrangles with her mother. In her view, it is her own honor. And it is none business of her mother. She asks her mother that if she wants to show off, wins the game by herself.
Mothers would like a daughter to obey their wills while daughters would like to be free and independent.
Criticism Vs. Encouragement
Chinese parents express their love to children through criticism. On the contrary, the American people show affection through encouragement.
For example, Suyuan always compares her daughter Jingmei with Waverly. She always puts out Jingmei』s bad points. These things make jingmei unhappy. She believes that her mother wants to control her and likes Waverly more than her. In order to show resistance to her mother, she decides not to play the piano that her mother tries her best to let her learn.
Suyuan wants her daughter to became a swan, which represents her hope. She left from
China for seeking a better way to live and finding a new lifestyle for women. She intent to let her daughter have been respected by others instead of being a Chinese traditional woman. However she fails. The failure is indicated at the beginning of the book. When su yuan arrived in America the immigration officials pulls her swan away from her, leaving the women fluttering her arms and with only one swan feather for a memory.
It is a tragedy to Jingmei as she really has a talent for playing the piano. She does not realize it until her mother died. The treason for this tragedy is misunderstanding between 2 generations in different cultures.
Chinese vs. English
The linguistic barrier exists between each mother and their children. The children alsys complains their mothers』 bad English mixed with Chinese words. They think their mothers are stupid while mothers think children know nothing. It shows that there is lack of communication between 2 generations.
All of these show culture shock between the east and the west.
At the end of the book, this situation is changed. Jingmei can understand her mother』s love; Lindo accepts Waverly』s husband who is a foreigner that she dislikes; Lena approves her value to her American husband after her mother』s advice… daughters starts to understand their mothers and the west can understand the east.
Now I realize another meaning of the joy luck club. 「Joy」 stands for 「join」 It is a link between the 2 generations. In the party daughters and mothers have meals and communicate together. It is also the link between the east and the west. Mothers show Chinese dishes here and play Chinese traditional game---- maijiang. And all different colors friends gather here. It signs conciliatory of these 2 cultures.