从当幸福来敲门 看美国文化价值观

湖南文理学院芙蓉学院电影鉴赏毕业论文

题目Analysis of the American V alues

from the Pursuit of Happyness

从《当幸福来敲门》

看美国文化价值观

学生姓名王冰

学号09050127

专业班级英语0901

指导老师谭照亮

完成时间2012年12月21号

摘要

文化价值观，就是人们关于文化的利害、善恶、美丑等问题的总看法和总观点，反应文化对人的意义。整个人类社会都有文化价值观，它是随着人类社会的发展而不断发展，完善。纵观美国社会，一个高度发达的国家，是什么样的文化价值理念指导它前进，使它从产生之日就开始慢慢强大，至今都是世界的霸主。本文将从电影《当幸福来敲门》分析美国的文化价值观。

当幸福来敲门影片所反映的整个社会背景是在美苏冷战后期，美国与苏联进行大规模的军备竞赛，消耗了大量的人力物力，财政紧张，失业率增加。但人们依然为自己的幸福生好好努力着。这部电影取材于真实故事，主人公就是当今美国黑人投资专家克里斯•加纳。成功诠释了一位濒临破产的落魄业务员，如何成为知名的金融投资家的励志故事。本部影片很好地展现了美国当今社会的文化价值观，美国社会为什么会这么发达？因为他们所认同的文化价值观在支撑着他们的生活，在指导着他们前进。只要人们愿意奋斗，他们都会成功。美国的文化价值观已经产生了一个强大的美国，他也必定推动着美国继续向前发展。

关键字: 文化价值观、美国、幸福、个人主义、行动、努力和乐观

Abstract

The cultural values, are the total ideas of people caring about the cultural problems of the advantages and disadvantages 、kindness and badness、beauty and ugliness., reflecting the meaning of culture to people. There are cultural values at the society of human beings, developing with the developing of the society. Looking at the American society,one high developed county, what cultural values guide her go forth, making her become strong gradually, and let her become the powerful country. So this paper will analyze the American cultural values from the movie The Pursuit of Hapyness.

The Pursuit of Happyness, reflected the social background at the last period of the cold war between the America and the Soviet Union which they competed with each other on arms race at large dimensions, expending much manpower and material resources, resulting the financial strain and unemployment rate increase. However, people still did everything hard for happy life. This movie based on a true story, and the actor is the black American investment expert-Chris Gardner. Successful annotating an inspirational story of how a nearing bankrupt salesman became the famous investment expert. This movie showed the American cultural values well. Why the America is so developed well? Because the cultural values of they identified support their life and lead them go forth. Only if they are willing to do their best,they are able to success finally. The American cultural values have born a strong America, and these cultural values will promote the America develop sequentially.

Key words: the cultural values ; America; happyness; individualism ; action ; effort and optimism

Contents

摘要 (i)

Abstract (ii)

Introduction (1)

Chapter 1 The Movie the pursuit of happyness (2)

1.1 the social background and real story of the pursuit of happyness (2)

1.1.1 the social background (2)

1.1.2 real story of the pursuit of happyness (2)

Chapter 2 the American cultural values in the pursuit of happyness (3)

2.1 the definition of cultural values (3)

2.2 the American cultural values and the contents (3)

2.3 the American cultural values in the movie (5)

2.3.1 individualism (5)

2.3.2 orientation to action (5)

Chapter 3 the enlightenments of the American values in the pursuit of the happyness (7)

3.1 pursuit the happyness bravely (7)

3.2 hold the high spirit an do the best in the difficulties (7)

Conclusion (8)

Bibliography (9)

Acknowledgements