A Comparative Study of Cultural Differences Between China and the West

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A Comparative Study of Cultural Differences between China and the West —Different Interpretations of Heroism in Movie and TV Play A DISSERTION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIRMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS Contents Acknowledgements--------------------------------------------------------------------------------ⅰ Abstract & Key Words-----------------------------------------------------------------------------ⅱ 1. Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 2. Hero Is the Original Desire of Human to Survive in the Nature--------------------------------1 2.1. Concept and Categorization of Heroes ---------------------------------------------------1 2.2. Nature and Orientation of Heroes -----------------------------------------------------------2 3. Heroism is the Basic motif of Film Industry ----------------------------------------------------3 3.1. Relation of Movie and Culture --------------------------------------------------------------3 3.2. Analysis of the Motifs of American Typical Cinema ----------------------------------------3 3.3. Analysis of the Motifs of Chinese Typical Cinema ----------------------------------------5 4. American Heroism: Heroes of Common People -------------------------------------------------6 4.1. Traditional Heroism in American Movie ------------------------------------------------------6 4.2. Heroism in “Forrest Gump”---------------------------------------------------------------------7 5. Chinese Heroism: the Deification of Heroes and the New Heroism ---------------------------8 5.1. Heroes in Traditional Chinese Movie ----------------------------------------------------------8 5.2. New Heroism -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9

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