摘要
电影是文化的一种重要表现方式，它能最大程度表现一个国家的文化特征。美国迪士尼电影《木兰》取材于中国花木兰“替父从军”的故事，但是在人物性格、故事情节等方面都带有浓厚的美国文化特色，这种人物形象以及故事的变异体现了中美文化的异同，中美花木兰形象异同是中美文化异同探讨领域的重要案例，关于探讨中美文化异同具有重要的意义。
本文以《木兰》这部电影为探讨对象，英语论文网站，以理论结合实例为探讨措施，分别从人物性格、参军动机、参军生活以及战后生活四个方面对比探讨中美花木兰形象的异同。同时利用霍夫斯泰德的文化维度理论中的权利的距离、集体主义与个人主义以及长期倾向与短期倾向等理论来深入探索产生这种文化异同的原因。探讨结果发现，中美花木兰形象在人物性格、参军动机、参军生活以及战后生活这四个方面都存在着较大的异同，而这些异同产生的主要原因是中美两国在文化维度中的表现不同。中美主要是在权利的距离、集体主义与个人主义以及长期倾向与短期倾向这三个维度上存在较大的异同，英语论文范文，这些异同导致中美的文化价值观存在巨大的差别，这些差别逐渐渗透到人们的生活中，最后通过各种生活习惯表现出来。
本文以霍夫斯泰德的文化维度理论为理论支撑，深入探索中美花木兰的异同以及产生这种异同的原因。本文是跨文化领域中美文化对比探讨的重要补充。
关键词：花木兰,中美文化异同,文化维度理论
Abstract
Movie is a reflection of the country’s culture. American Disney movie Mulan is rooted in the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, who replaces her father to join the army. But the heroine and the story of the movie are not the same as the traditional Chinese story for it is some kind of “Americanized”. The differences between Chinese and American Mulan is a good example for people to explore the cultural discrepancies between China and America.
This thesis takes the movie Mulan as research subject and employs the method of combing the theory with examples. It explores the differences between Chinese and American Mulan from four aspects. These are character’s personality, motivation for joining the army, behaviors in the war and life after the war. Hofstede’s theory is adopted to analyze these discrepancies.
According to the research, the differences between Chinese and American Mulan result from their discrepancies on the dimensions of power distance, collectivism versus individualism and long-term orientation versus short-term orientation.
This thesis uses Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory as theory basis and explores the cause of the discrepancies between Chinese and American Mulan. It is an important supplement to the comparative studies of Chinese and American cultures in the cross-communication area.
Key words: Hua Mulan, Chinese and American culture, cultural dimensions
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