中西方神话的比较

The cultural comparison of Ancient Chinese myth and

the Greek mythology

Zhang San

A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for

the Degree of BA in

English

South China Business College

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

April, 2011

DECLARATION

The thesis contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma in any institutions of higher learning and to the best of my knowledge and belief, the thesis contains no material previously published or written by another person, except when due references are made in the text of the thesis.

Signature: Zhang San 张三Date: April 23rd, 2011

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My sincere thanks go to all of my teachers in Faculty of English Language and Culture, South China College, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. Without their earnest and comprehensive instructions, which have laid the solid foundation in my learning. I cannot have completed this thesis smoothly. For them, I will strike to be better.

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ABSTRACT

Myth is a kind of deposit of the primitive culture; it is the spirit heritage of different nations from the primitive period.As two great resources of ethical culture and accumulation of ethical spirit,chinese and greek mythologies differ from each other with distinctive features.This article compares the mythology of the mythology of the two great cultures and explores the cultural backgrounds for the differences in the aspects like the images of god and man,the ethical psychology and spirit behind the mythology,etc

Key words: Chinese mythology Greek mythology culture comparison

摘要

神话是民族精神最集中最本色的闪光，是民族文化最悠久古老、最顽强健壮的生命之根，也是民族文化的本质特征所在。神话座位一种辉煌的人类精神文化产品，在其漫长的生成过程中，由于各民族的社会经济条件、历史背景、宗教意识、文化传统和民族审美心理的巨大差异，似的不同的民族神话的具体表现形式呈现出多样性特征。中国神话和希腊神话历来被视为东西方文化特征的体现，本文试图从中国希腊神话的相似点、差异及产生的文化背景因素等几个角度对中国神话和希腊神话做一个比较。

关键字：中国神话希腊神话文化背景比较