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ChapterOneTheViewofLove毕业设计

毕业论文

Introduction

Whentalkingaboutthefamoussitcoms,manypeoplewillreferto“Friends”and“MyOwnSwordsman”.ThisisnothardtounderstandbecausebothofthemareveryoutstandingandsuccessfulsitcomsinAmericaandChina.Althoughthetwositcomsareverydifferentinmanyaspectssuchasplotandreleasedate,theyhavebothperfectlymirroredthefeaturesoftheiragesandcountries.Justbecauseofthis,wecouldclearlyseebothofthetwocountries’culturalvaluesviathemandthenfeeltheculturaldifferencesbetweenChinaandAmerica.

“Friends”isanAmericansitcomscreenplaybyDavidCraneandMartaKauffmanwhichairedonNBCfromSep.22,1994toMay6,2004.Intotal,ithas10seasons,236episodes.Thesitcommainlytellsabouttheinterestingandhumorousstoriesofsixyoungfriends（Ross,Rachel,Chandler,Monica,JoeyandPhoebe）inanapartmentofManhattan,NewYorkCity.ThelifeofthesixfriendsisavividreflectionofthelifeofAmericanyoungpeople,soitattractsmanyaudiences.What’smore,dependingonitshumorouswordsandupsanddownsoftheplot,“Friends”becamefamousveryquickly.

“MyOwnSwordsman”isaChinesecostumepiecescreenplaybyNingCaishenwhichwasreleasedintheyear2006.Intotal,ithas80episodes.Thesitcommainlytellsabouttheinterestingandhumorousstoriesofsixmenwithcharacter（BaiZhantang,TongXiangyu,LvXiucai,GuoFurong,LiDazuiandZhuWushuang）inataverncalled“TongFuTavern”.Thesitcomquicklybecamefamousbecauseofitsnonsenseandhumorousplots.Theaudienceratingof“MyOwnSwordsman”hadoncereached7%.Itisnothardtotellhowpopular“MyOwnSwordsman”isinthatmoment.

Culturaldifferenceisacomplicatedtopic,itreferstomanyaspects.Withthedevelopmentofglobalization,culturalshockbecomesacommonphenomenon,especiallyfortheyoungman.Thetwositcoms“Friends”and“MyOwnSwordsman”mainlytellaboutthestoriesoftheyouth,sotheculturaldifferencestheyreflectaremainlyabouttheissueswhattheyoungpeoplecare.Inthispaper,theauthorchosetoanalyzetheculturaldifferencesbetweenChinaandAmericainthefollowingfouraspects:

theviewofaffection,theviewoflove,theviewoffriendshipandtheviewofmoney.Thefouraspectsarethosetheyouthcarethemost.TheauthorhopestoletpeopleknowthedifferencesandthenmakesuggestionsforthemonhowtolearnAmericanandChineseculture.

ChapterOneTheViewofLove

ThispartdiscussesthedifferentviewsoflovebetweenChinaandAmerica.Withthecomparisonofthetwositcoms“Friends”and“MyOwnSwordsman”,theauthorwillanalyzethisquestioninthefollowingfourways:

theviewofchooselover,thewedding,theconjugalrelationshipandthemarriedlife.Andthenguidepeopletochoosetherightviewoflove.

1.1ThePandect

ThedifferentviewsoflovebetweenChinaandAmericatypicallyreflectthedifferentculturaltraitsofChineseandAmericanpeople.Thatis,theChinesepeoplearealwaysmeaningandconservativewhiletheAmericanpeopleareoutgoingandfancyfree.

Chinahasahistoryofover5000years,thegoldenmeanoftheConfusionschoolhasaprofoundinfluenceontheChinesepeople,ofcourse,italsodeterminestheviewoflove.ThismakestheChinesepeoplemeaningandconservative,theywouldliketohiddentheirfeelingsratherthanexpressthem.Onthecontrary,Americaisanewly-emergingnation,ithasahistoryofonly300years.TheAmericancultureisbasedontheoceancultureoftheAncientGreecetradition.ThelogicalthinkingandanalyticalthinkingofAristotlehasagreatinfluenceontheirthinkingmode.ComparedwiththeChinesegoldenmeanthought,theAmericanpeoplearemoreromanticandfreedom.Whattheycareaboutisthepersonalityliberation.Ontheviewoflove,theAmericanpeoplearemoreopen.Theywouldliketodoanythingtheywantfortheirlove,nomatterhowamazingitseemstobe.Wewilldwellonthisinthefollowingsections.

1.2TheViewofChooseLover

1.2.1DifferentstandardsofspouseselectioninChinaandAmerica

ChinaandAmericahavedifferentstandardsofspouseselection.InChina,whentalkingaboutthestandardofspouseselection,wewillalwayshearthefollowingquestions:

“what’syourparents’opinion?

”,“Areyoumatchedformarriage?

”“Dosehehavehousesandcars?

”“IsheaGaofushuai?

”WhileinAmerica,thesequestionsrarelymentioned.In“Friends”,thesixprotagonistsallhavechangedmanyboyfriendsorgirlfriends.Whentalkingabouttheirboyfriendsorgirlfriends,weoftenhearaboutthesedescriptivewords:

funny,sweet,smart,pretty,handsome,especiallythefirsttwowords.

Therefore,wecouldsaythatthestandardofspouseselectioninAmericaisverysimple,peoplewouldchoosetogotogetheronlyiftheyhavecommoninterestsandloveeachother.ButinChina,th