浅析中西方不同的爱情观.docx

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浅析中西方不同的爱情观

Acknowledgements

MydeepestgratitudegoesfirstandforemosttoProfessorYangLing,mysupervisor,forherconstantencouragementandusefulsuggestionsonmythesis.Iamdeeplygratefulofherhelpinthecompletionofthisthesis.Withoutherconsistentandilluminatinginstruction,thisthesiscouldnothavereacheditspresentform.

Second,Iamalsogreatlyindebtedtoalltheothertutorsandteachersfortheirdirectandindirecthelptome.

Last,mythankswouldgotomybelovedfamilyfortheirlovingconsiderationsandgreatconfidenceinmeallthroughtheseyears.Ialsoowemysinceregratitudetomyfriendsandmyfellowclassmateswhogivemetheirhelpandtimeinhelpingmeworkoutmyproblemsduringthedifficultcourseofthethesis.

Abstract

TherearemoredifferentviewsonlovebetweenChineseandwestern,whichreflectedinliteraturesandfilms.loveistheenduingthemeofhumanbeings,whichisthepeculiarcharacterandoneofthebestbehaviorsforhumanbeings.Meanwhile,thelovewordsareconsideredtobethemostbeautifulwordsofhumanbeings.Butbecauseofdifferenttraditionalculture,differentmodeofthinking,differentracialcharacter,ChineseandWesternershavesomanydifferentpointsonlove.Throughcomparison,discussthesimilaritiesanddifferencesofChinese-WesternviewonloveintheHawthornLoveandTitanic.

Keywords:

Culturedifference,ChineseandWesternviewsonlove

摘要

中西方爱情观有极大不同，这在文学作品和影视作品得到了反映。

爱情是人类永恒的主题，表达爱慕之情是人类最美好的行为之一,而表达爱情的语言被认为是人类最美好的语言。

尽管在爱的路途中双方都面临诸多阻隔，但双方彼此追求真爱的心会永远长青！

由于传统文化、思维方式、民族性格等不同,中西方在对爱的理解和表达上表现出较大的差异。

本文通过对比分析电影《山楂树之恋》和《泰坦尼克号》所体现的不同中西方爱情观。

关键词：

文化差异，中国爱情观，西方爱情观

Contents

Acknowledgementsi

Abstractii

摘要iii

1Introduction1

2LiteratureReview2

3AnalysesonDifferentLoveViewsbetweenTitanicandHawthornLove5

3.1TheSimilarities5

3.1.1Thesamestructureandthestorycontent5

3.1.2Thesameendoftwostories5

3.1.3ThesamefateoftheHeroine5

3.1.4Thesamesymbols5

3.2TheContrast.................................................................................6

3.2.1Theexpressionofloveindifferentways...............................6

3.2.2Thedifferentviewonsex......................................................7

3.2.3Thedifferentviewonlove...................................................9

3.2.4Thedifferentviewofmarriage............................................10

4Conclusion12

Bibliography13

AnalysisonDifferentLoveViewsbetweenTitanicandHawthornLove

1Introduction

Titanic,theshipofdreams,alsoknownasUnsinkable,sankafteritsdepartureonApril10th,1912.AndonitsepicjourneyapoorartistnamedJackDawsonandarichgirlRoseDeWittBukatorfellinlove,untilonenighttheirfairytaleloveturnedintothestruggleforsurvivalorbeingdeadatthebottomoftheNorthAtlantic.RoseleftherfiancéeCaledonHockleyforthispoorartist,butwhentheTitaniccollidedwiththeIcebergonApril14th,1912,andthenwhentheshipsankonApril15th,1912at2:

20inthemorning,JackdiedandRosesurvived.WhenRosewassavedbyonelifeboatthatcameback,shewastakentotheCarpathiawith700peoplesavedinthelifeboats.TheCarpathiaImmigrationOfficeraskedRosewhathernamewasandshesaidhernamewasRoseDawson.And84yearslaterRoseCalvertis100yearsoldandshetellshergranddaughterLizzyCalvertthewholestoryfromdepartureuntilthedeathofTitaniconitsfirstandlastvoyage.AndtoRoseTitanicandherrealloveofinherlifeJackDawsonisallanexistenceinsidehermemory.

ThefilmHawthornLovetoldusastorythathappenedaround1975.TheheroineJingqiuwasaprettygirl.Becauseofherfamily’shistoricalproblems,shealwaysfeltherselfinferior.Laosan,thehandsomesonofacommander,wasfullofliterarytalentsandpaidmuchattentiontoaffection.Theylovedeachotheratthefirstsight.HewaitedJingqiufortherighttimetomarryher.WhenJingqiugrewup,hediedofleukemia.

ThisthesisaimstomakeEnglishlearnershaveabetterunderstandoftheculturaldifferencesofloveviewsbetweenChinaandthewestbyanalyzingthesetwomovies.Thisresearchwillgivesomesuggestionstotheyoungpeoplelivinginthecontemporaryeraabouttheloveviews.Althoughtheymaydifferinfamilybackgroundandsocialstatus,theycanjointheirhandstogetherandgothroughthedifficultiesintherestoftheirlives.

2LiteratureReview

Inananalysisofemotion-relatedconceptfromChinese,Shaver,Wu,（1992）foundthatlovehaddistinctive“hedonicallynegative”connotationsintheChineseconceptionoflove,whichtheylabeled“sadorpainfullove.”Wu（1992）founddifferencesbetweenChinese（Beijing,China）andAmerican（westernNewYorkstate）universitystudentswhentheywereaskedtolistfreelythefeaturesoflove.MorenegativefeatureswerelistedbytheChinesesamplecomparedtotheAmericans（Wu,1992）suggestingthatthisaspectoflovewasmorespontaneouslysalienttotheformergroup.Moreover,Wu（1992,）alsofoundthatChinesestudentsagreedmorestronglythandidstudentsinherUSsamplewiththestatementthat“Lovewithoutpainisnottruelove.”AccordingWu’ssurvey,VeryfewofChinesestudentsstatedthattheywerewillingtomarrywithoutbeing“inlove”（5.8%intheHongKongsampleand2.3%intheJapanesesample）.Comparablepercentagesforthesamples

Averill（1985）,inhissocialconstructionistaccount,proposedthefollowingfeatures:

idealizationoftheromanticpartner,suddennessofonset,physiologicalarousal,andcommitmenttothewell-beingofthelovedperson.Intheirdiscussionofanevolutionaryaccountofromanticlove,hepointedoutthat,fromthisperspective,romanticloveemerged“fromforceswithinthehominidbrainthatareindependentofthesocially-constructedmind”.However,theysimilarlydefinedromanticloveas“anyintenseattractionthatinvolvestheidealizationoftheother,withinaneroticcontext,withtheexpectationofenduringforsometimeintothefuture”.Fromourview,bothrealizationofthepartnerandidealizationoftheexperiencedistinguishtheconceptofromanticlovefromsexualattractionorinfatuation.Thepartnerisregardedasuniqueandspecial;experienceloveisexpectedtobeall-consuming,fulfilling,andtranscendent.Aculturalperspectiveisnecessarytoidentifytheconditionsunderwhichsimilaritiesanddifferencesinthemeaningandthereportedexperienceoflovemightoccur.Whatisneededisanevolutionaryperspectiveoncultureitself.Culturaldifferencesarenotsimplyvariationsreflectingabiologicalcore.Thesevariationsofferinsightsintoqualitativelydifferentviewsaboutlovethathavedevelopedandevolvedacrossdifferentsocietiesandinthesamesocietyatdifferentphasesofitshistory.

Thefilmconveysthedifferencesbetweeneasternandwesternviewsonloveandculture.First,wetalkaboutloveviews.WhenRoseandJacklikeeachother,Roseisverybold,openanddaretopursuetheirlove.Infaceofthefinance’saggressivebehaviorsandallkindofbarriers,shestillinsisted.Generallyspeaking,thewesternersalwayshavethisspirit.Mostwesterncountriesborderthesea,sothethoughthasasenseofadventure,andboneshaveasenseofcourage.However,Asiansaredifferent.Fortheyareintroverted,theirfeelingsarealwayshiddenintheirhearts.Especiallygirls,theyareafraidtoexpresstheirtruethoughts.Iftheywantusesomewordstodescribethem,wethinkgraceandimplicitnesswillstandforthem.Thispointisreflectedintheeasternandwesternnotionsoflove,directandsubtle.Attheendofthefilm,RoselostthefrozenhandofJack.AccordingtotheChinesepeople’sthinking,RoseandJackshoulddietogether,likesConcubineYudiedfortheKingofChu.So,thishabitofthinkingisinlinewiththeChinesepeople.ButRosechosetolive,forsherememberedthewordJacksaid:

“Nevergiveup,nomatterwhathappened.”Ah,ifyoulovesomeone,whyyoucan’tchoosetolivebetter,tocompletelover’sunfinishedbusiness.

3AnalysesonDifferentLoveViewsbetweenTitanicandtheHawthornLove

Thetwomoviesaretouchinglovestoryandalltheclassictragedyoflove.Theysharesomesimilarviewsandalsosomedifferentviews.

3.1TheSimilarities

3.1.1Thesamestructureandthestorycontent

NotonlyHawthornLove,butalsoTitanic,theyareallarrangedinchronologicalorder.

3.1.2Thesameendoftwostories

Mosthappytypeofloveisnotmoving,sotheheroesoftwostoriesfinallydied.

3.1.3ThesamefateoftheHeroine

RosehasgonetoAmericaandJingqiiualsohasgonetoAmericabychance.AlthoughRoseandJingqiuallmarriedothers,theyallloveonepersonrespectivelyintheirheartsforever.

3.1.4Thesamesymbols

Theheartofoceanissymbolforever.Afterjackdied,RosethrewtheheartofoceanintheseathatmeanstheirlovewouldbelastedforeversuchasthewordssunginthesongMyHeartWillGoOn.

IntheHawthornLove,thesymbolisthepursuitandbrightredsweetandsourlove.Laosan（SunJianxin）died,hisbodywasburiedunderthehawthorntree.Hawthorntreedoesnotwitherandfall,likehisloveforJingqiuneverchange.

3.2TheContrast

3.2.1Theexpressionsofloveindifferentways

Thewayswesternersexpressinglovearedirect,exposed,andopen.InTitanic,althoughRoseandJackmetfirstlyasstrangers,theyfellinloveandonlyspentshortdays,theirheartsalwayslinkedtogether.Rosealwayssaid,“Hesavedmylife,hesavedmysoul,andIdonotevenhaveapictureofhim.Buthewillalwaysliveinmyheart.”Infact,fallinginlovewithonepersononlyneedsseveralseconds.Themosttouchingl