摘 要
本文旨在通过对比美国迪士尼改编的动画片《花木兰》和中国诗歌《木兰辞》来研讨中美文化的异同性。探讨以花木兰为略论对象，从传统与自由；家族至上与个人至上；性别歧视与女权主义三个方面对中西文化异同进行比较与略论。采用的探讨措施为文献略论法，英语论文，对比略论法等。探讨发现，英语论文，美国木兰在从军中实现个人价值，而中国木兰在从军中为家族增添荣耀。因为美国文化与中国文化都有着鲜明的历史和名族特性，所以两者表达事物的方式也截然不同。探讨认为，了解文化异同有助于我们更深层次的感受不同文化背景下的电影及文学。同时也能提升我们的跨文化交际能力。
关键词：电影；文化；花木兰；迪士尼
Abstract
This paper attempts to analyse Sino-US cultural differences which are based on the comparison between Disney cartoon Mulan and Chinese Ballad Mulan. The paper adopts the methods of comparison and analyzing materials to analyse the object Mulan in three aspects: tradition vs. freedom, family priority vs. individual priority and gender discrimination vs. feminism. The study finds that American Mulan realizes her own dream in joining army, but Chinese Mulan, adding the glory of family. Both Chinese and American own the obvious ethnic and historical characteristics, which leads to the different ways of expressing things. This paper approves that comprehending Sino-US cultural differences contributes to appreciating movies and literature in different backgrounds deeply. It also could improve our cross-cultural communication ability.
Key words: movie; culture; Fa Mulan; Disney.
1 Introduction
During more than one thousand years, the story of Mulan’s joining the army for replacing her father has been undergoing a series of manifestations, such as folk-songs, long and short poems, novels, theatres, etc. In the year of 1998, Chinese popular ballad The Mulan Ballad was shot by American Disney Company as a cartoon Mulan, Disney fashioned the girl from the 2017-year-old Chinese folktale, and filled with typical Disney delights-breathtaking visuals, catchy songs and an inspirational protagonist of courage and conviction. This movie examined the oriental story with the eye of American and carried out cultural shifts toward the original spiritual core of The Mulan Ballad with their American cultural orientation. According to different cultural values, the original story of Mulan in China stressed her absolute filial piety and loyalty while Disney had changed the story of filial piety into a story of self-realization. Visibly, the reason of the change is culture.
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