解读《阿甘正传》中的美国文化大学论文Word格式.docx

1、A paper submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of ArtsThe College of Foreign Languages Zhoukou Normal UniversityMay, 2014毕业论文（设计）作者声明本人郑重声明：所呈交的毕业论文是本人在导师的指导下独立进行研究所取得的研究成果。除了文中特别加以标注引用的内容外，本论文不包含任何其他个人或集体已经发表或撰写的成果作品。本人完全了解有关保障、使用毕业论文的规定，同意学校保留并向有关毕业论文管理机构送交论文的复印件和电子

2、版。同意省级优秀毕业论文评选机构将本毕业论文通过影印、缩印、扫描等方式进行保存、摘编或汇编；同意本论文被编入有关数据库进行检索和查阅。本毕业论文内容不涉及国家机密。 论文题目：作者单位： 周口师范学院外国语学院2010级本科4班作者签名：2014年5月 Contents摘 要 iAbstract iiI. Introduction 1II. The Film of Forrest Gump Adapted from the Novel 22.1 The Author and His Novel 22.2 An Introduction to the Film 3III. Social and

3、Cultural Background of Forrest Gump 33.1 Social Background 43.2 Cultural Background 5IV. American cultures in Forrest Gump 74.1 Historical Culture in Forrest Gump 84.2 Hippie Culture in Forrest Gump 104.3 The Return of Traditional Culture in Forrest Gump 114.4 American Dream in Forrest Gump 11V. Con

4、clusion 12Bibliography 14Acknowledgements 15摘 要电影是了解一个国家的镜子,是反映并传播本土文化的一种主要形式。阿甘正传是20世纪90年代末的一种美国经典反智电影。影片旨在唤起人们对历史的反思和对美国文化的重新审视。本文通过分析阿甘正传创作的社会和文化背景以及电影中展现的历史文化、嬉皮士文化、传统文化和美国梦等美国文化，更好地理解美国社会文化的变迁，从而为解读电影阿甘正传提供一个新的角度。关键词：阿甘正传；反智影片;美国社会和文化背景；美国文化AbstractThe film is a mirror to understand a country,

5、and it is a primary form to reflect and spread the local culture. Forrest Gump is an American anti-intellectualism movie in the late 1990s. It aims to evoke reflection on history and the hearts of collection of the American culture. Through the analysis of social and historical background as well as

6、 many different American cultures in the film, such as the historical culture, hippie culture, the traditional culture, and American dream, the paper is intended to understand the changes of American cultures and provides a new perspective for interpreting the film of Forrest Gump.Key words: Forrest

7、 Gump; anti-intellectual movie; American social and cultural background; American culturesInterpretation of American culture in Forrest GumpI. Introduction Forrest Gump is a well received American movie by audiences all over the world. It states the history of the second half of 20th century in Amer

8、ica. Forrest Gump is an American film adapted from the novel with the same title, the author of the novel is Winston Groom. In the movie, Gump, regarded as an incarnation of virtue, honesty, trustworthy, and bravery, is a very pure image. He promises his comrades to buy a shrimp boat. He finally rea

9、lizes his last wish and wins a huge wealth for them. Gump is persistent, so he runs across the entire United States. Gump stands for the American traditional culture. Gump represents the concern of the main people and stands for all of the mainstream culture. The culture of the United States is prim

10、arily Western, but is influenced by Native American, African, Asian, Polynesian, and Latin American cultures. A strand of what may be described as American cultures started its formation over 10,000 years ago with the migration of Paleo-Indians from Asia, as well as from Oceania and Europe, into the

11、 region that is today the continental United States. “The United States of America has its own unique social and cultural characteristics such as dialect, music, arts, social habits, cuisine, and folklore” （Larry 67）. “The United States of America is an ethnically and racially diverse country as a r

12、esult of large-scale migration from many ethnically and racially different countries throughout its history as well as differing birth and death rates among natives, settlers, and immigrants” （Xiong 39）. Forrest Gump revises popular memories of the 1960s through its representations of gender and rac

13、e and its visualization of postwar history. The paper consists of 5 parts. The first part is the introduction to the film which tells a disabled mans outstanding life. The second part is social and cultural background of Forrest Gump. The third part analyzes American cultures in Forrest Gump in term

14、s of historical culture, hippie culture, the return of traditional culture, and American dream. The film is the best interpretation of the American cultures. Through the analysis of American cultures in the film of Forrest Gump, we will have a better understanding of the different American cultures.

15、 II. The Film of Forrest Gump Adapted from the NovelForrest Gump is a 1994 American epic romantic film based on the novel of the same name by Winston Groom. The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis and starred Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise and Sally Field. “The story depicts several decades in the life of Gump, a nave and slow-witted yet athletically prodigious native of Alabama who witnesses, and in some cases influences, some of the defining events of the latter half of the 20th century in the United States; more specifica