外语专业从电影《喜宴》看中西婚姻 观的差异大学本科毕业论文.docx

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外语专业从电影《喜宴》看中西婚姻观的差异大学本科毕业论文

太原科技大学

毕业设计（论文）

设计（论文）题目：

从电影《喜宴》看中西婚姻观的差异

DifferentMaritalViewsBetweenChinaandtheWestReflectedinFilmXiYan

姓名____张帆______

学院（系）_外国语学院__

专业___英语________

年级_大学四年级____

指导教师__李丽丽老师___

2015年5月1日

DifferentMaritalViewsBetweenChinaandtheWestReflectedinFilmXiYan

ZhangFan

AthesissubmittedtoschoolofForeignLanguageinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirement

forthedegreeofBachelorofArts

Underthesupervisionof

LecturerLiLili

TaiyuanUniversityofScienceandTechnology

June2015

Acknowledgements

ForemostamongthosetowhomIremaindeeplyindebtedismysupervisor,Lilili,withoutwhoseinspiringinstructions,kindsupportandconstantencouragementthispaperwouldhavebeenimpossible.Ithankherforherrespectablestrictattitudetowardsstudy,whichdeeplyimpressedmeduringthesupervisionofthispaperandwillgooninfluencingmeinmyfuturestudy,workandlife.Iespeciallyappreciateherassistanceinmyselectionofthetopicofthethesis,sortingofthoughts,searchingforreferencesandrevisingmythesis.

IthanktheteachersintheForeignLanguagesDepartmentfortheirinstructionanddevotion,whichmademystayingherefruitfulandrewarding.Mythanksalsogoestoalltheauthors,editorsandcontributorsofthereferencearticles,booksandwebsitescitedinmythesis,withoutwhoseeffortsthisthesiswouldn’tbecomplete.

Andatthismoment,Iwanttothankmyparentswhoalwaysprovidemeencouragementalltheseyears.Iamdeeplyindebtedtothemfortheirwhole-heartedsupportduringmywritingthispaper.

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1.Introduction

2.DifferentMaritalViewsBetweenChinaandtheWestReflectedinXiYan

2.1DifferentPurposeofGettingMarried

2.2DifferentRelationshipbetweenHusbandandWifeinMarriage

2.3DifferentWeddingCeremony

3.TheFactorsContributingtoThoseDifferences

3.1Values

3.2Culturalpatterns

3.3IndividualismversusCollectivism

3.4Religion

3.5EconomicWayandLivingEnvironment

4.InspirationsforCross-culturalCommunication

4.1UnderstandingCulturalDifferences

4.2RespectingtheDifferenceinCustom

4.3IntegratingwithCulturalAdvantage

5Conclusion

6References

Abstract:

ThefilmXiYanwasshotbyLiAnin1993,describingtheChinesedealwiththemaritalproblemswiththeirownviewofmarriage.Basedonthesubtitlesinthefilm,thispapercomparesthedifferentmaterialviewsbetweenChineseandtheWesternpeoplefromtheperspectiveofpurposeofgettingmarried,therelationshipbetweenhusbandandwifeandweddingceremonyandanalyzesthefactorscontributingtothedifferences,inthehopeofofferingsomesuggestionsfortheeffectivecross-culturalcommunication.

Keywords:

XiYan;Marriage;Differences;Reasons;Inspirations

摘要：

《喜宴》是由李安在1993年导演的影片，讲述了中国人用特有的婚姻观念来处理婚姻问题的故事。

文章以电影《喜宴》的字幕及旁白为文本，从结婚目的，夫妻间关系及婚礼仪式几个方面来论述中国与西方在对待婚姻的问题上的不同。

并阐述了导致这些差异的原因。

希望能够为实现不同文化背景下的有效交流提供借鉴。

关键词：

《喜宴》；婚姻观；差异；原因；启示

1．Introduction

ThefilmXiYanisdirectedbyLiAnin1993.It’spopularinthatyear.Inthisfilm,Chinesepeopleviewtheissueofgaywiththeiruniqueperspective.DifferentattitudestomarriagebetweenChinaandtheWestarereflectedvividlyandincisivelyinthisfilm.Thereareseveralcharactersinthisfilm.Theyhavedifferentopinionsaboutmarriageandleaveadeepimpressiononus.Inthefilm,thehero’sfatherisatraditionalChineseman.Inhisview,hissonmustchooseagirltogetmarriedforthewholefamily.TheleadingroleisGaoWeitong,heisnotonlyasuccessfulmanbutalsoagay.HisboyfriendisSimon,therefore,healwayslookforexcusestopushblinddate.TotraditionalChineseculture,gayisnotacceptedbypeopleincludinghisparents.Thatpuzzleshim.Ontheonehand,heshouldshouldertheson’sresponsibility;Ontheotherhand,heisafraidthathisparentscouldn’tacceptthefact.（Liu,1998）.Inthisfilm,Weitong’slegitimatewifeisWeiWei.Shehasanoppositeviewtomarriage,becauseshebegantolearndrawinginAmericawhenshewasayounggirlandinfluencedbyWesternculture.Shethinkshomosexualisnormal.Firstly,shecanaccepthomosexual.What’smore,shewouldliketomarrywithGaoWeitongforgettinggreencard.Simonisagymnasiumcoachandgay,whopursuesthemostsimpleandpureloveintheworld.ThemaincontentisGaoWeitongwanttofendofflong-distancenaggingfromhismotheragreedtogetmarriedwithWeiWei.HisparentsflyoverfromTaiwansothattheycanattendthewedding.Notonlydotheystayinthelovers’apartment,butalsoplanafull-blownweddingbanquettothem.

Marriageisalsocalled matrimony or wedlock.Itisasociallyorrituallyrecognizedunionorlegalcontractbetweenlovers.（Ou,2002）Itestablishesrightsandobligationsbetweenloversandtheirchildren.Itmeansthattwoloverswhohaveexperiencedwindandrainstepintomarriagehandinhand.

ChineseandWesternhavedifferentattitudestowardmarriage.

InChina,homeisregardedasthesafeheaven.Awarmfamilyisone’spursuit.Mostpeoplefollowparents’suggestionsformarriage.However,westernpeoplethinkmarriageisapersonalaffair.Marriageisnotamoralissue.What’smore,onehastherighttochoosehis/herfavoritelovertolivetogether.Oncefoundingtheexistingmarriageiswrong,he/shewillchoosetoleave.Intheirview,forcingtwopeople toliveiscruel.Intheireyes,loveissimple.

2.Differences

2.1DifferentPurposesofgettingmarried

Inthefilm,GaoWeitong’smothersaid,“IthasbeenlongatimebeforeIwrotetoyou,becausemyshoulderisaching.YourdadandIareold.Youhavegrownup.Whendidyougetmarried?

”FromthesentencewecaneasilyseethatWeitong’smotherislookingforwardtoseeinghersongetmarriedandsettledown.“YourdadcametoTaiwanalone.Hehasonlyoneson.It’syou.ThisisatraditionalChinesefamily.TheparentsexpecttolookforaperfectwifeforWeitong.InChina,marriageispartoffamilyresponsibility.Inancienttime,marriageisthebondoftwofamiliesbasedonmutualinterests.WhenGao’sparentsgetofftheplane,theyaskedWeiWei,whatdoyouparentsdo?

Weitongsaid：

“Herfatherisworkinginhospitalandmotheristeachingartintheschool”.Fromthisdialogue,it’seasytoknowthatChineseparentscareaboutgirl’sfamilystatus.Therefore,mostloversgetmarriedonthematerialbasis,likehouse,caranddeposit.

Generally,tomanandwoman,marriageisjusttomeettheneedsofsurvival.Thepurposeofgettingmarriedistolookforarelianceinlife.WiththedevelopmentofChineseandWesternculturalcommunication,thepurposeoftraditionalmarriageisheavilyinfluencedbythewest,peoplechooseloversforlove.

However,inthewest,loveistherootofmarriage.Infilm,Weitongsaid:

“IloveSimon.It’snoteasyforgaytolivetogether.Lovingismyhappiness.Ifyoudon’tcome,Iwouldliveahappylife.”Intheiropinion,withoutlove,marriageisimmoralanditisalow-qualityoflove.AnAmericanwomanoncesaid,marriageisnotsignificantanditisjustakindofform.Ifthelovehasdisappeared,it’sastresstothem.Therefore,fromtheinvestigation,wecanabsolutelyseethattrueloveisthemostimportantfactorforgettingmarriedtomostAmericans.Itmakesnosensetocontinuemarriagewithoutlove.Thepurposeof marriagereflectsthedifferencesbetweenChineseandwesternCulture.

Inthewest,loveisfirst.Moreandmorepeoplegetmarriedforlove.Inotherwords,theywouldabandonanythingforlove.Towesterners,gettingmarriedistofindalong-termpartnerintheworld.Theywanttolookforanoppositesexlifepartnerforalongtimesothattheycanbesatisfiedinphysiological,psychologicalandsocialaspect.Theindividualismispopularinwesternsociety.Marriageisjustthecombinationoftwoindividuals.Thefoundationofmarriageislove.Therefore,thereisgoldenandsilverwedding.Intheir opinion,iftheydon’tloveeachother,themarriageisimmoralanditisalowqualityoflove.Therefore,thepursuitoftruelovehasbecameadreamtoAmericans.

2.2DifferentRelationshipbetweenHusbandandWifeinMarriage

Husband-wiferelationshipisthemostimportantinmarriage.InChina,thehusbandhastherightinthedecisionwhilethewifeisjustinasubordinateposition.ThisstructureisdecidedbyChineseculture.Husbandistheheadoffamilyandbearsthemaineconomicresponsibilityoffamilylife.Hiswife’smissionistomanagethehouseworkandservesmother-inlaw.Asisknowntous,westernershavequitedifferentopinionfromus.Theythinkhusbandandwifeareequalandenjoythesamerightathome.Bothofthemcanworkoutside.Inotherwords,theyshouldertheresponsibilitytogether.（Li,2004）.

2.2.1DifferentRoles

Inthefilm,WhenGaoWeitong’sparentsgetofftheplane,WeiWeicarriesthebagandsaid:

“Nicetomeetyou,uncleGaoandauntGao.I’llhelpyou.”Infilm,Gao’smothersaid:

“It’sagoodfortuneforyoutomarryWeiWei.Shecancook”.FromthatwecaneasilyfindthatWeitong’sfamilyisatypicalChinesefamily.FeudalethicswithConfucianismiscoreoftheculturalrootshusband-wiferelationshipinChinesefamily.Inthefilm,WeiWeiisalwayscookandhermother-inlawhelpsher.Wecanseethatwomenareinthesubordinatestatus.Mostwivesstillneedtodependontheirhusbands.Inhome,peoplealwayslookdownonthem.Theyjustneedwomantotakecareofchildren.Inthefilm,WeiWeihopetofindaperfecthusbandlikeWeitong,whocannotonlyhelpherpayhouserentbutalsotakecareofher.Toher,shejustneedtodohouseworkathome.

Therefore,wecanseethatwifeandhusbandplaydifferentrolesinhome.