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1、 题 目: 解读阿甘正传中的美国文化 Interpretation of American Culture in Forrest GumpA paper submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of ArtsThe College of Foreign Languages Zhoukou Normal UniversityMay, 2014毕业论文(设计)作者声明本人郑重声明:所呈交的毕业论文是本人在导师的指导下独立进行研究所取得的研究成果。除了文中特别加以标注引用的内容外,本论文不包含任何其
2、他个人或集体已经发表或撰写的成果作品。本人完全了解有关保障、使用毕业论文的规定,同意学校保留并向有关毕业论文管理机构送交论文的复印件和电子版。同意省级优秀毕业论文评选机构将本毕业论文通过影印、缩印、扫描等方式进行保存、摘编或汇编;同意本论文被编入有关数据库进行检索和查阅。本毕业论文内容不涉及国家机密。 论文题目: 解读阿甘正传中的美国文化 作者单位: 周口师范学院外国语学院2010级本科4班作者签名: 2014年5月 Contents摘 要iAbstractiiI. Introduction1II. The Film of Forrest Gump Adapted from the Novel
3、22.1 The Author and His Novel22.2 An Introduction to the Film3III. Social and Cultural Background of Forrest Gump33.1 Social Background43.2 Cultural Background5IV. American cultures in Forrest Gump74.1 Historical Culture in Forrest Gump84.2 Hippie Culture in Forrest Gump104.3 The Return of Tradition
4、al Culture in Forrest Gump114.4 American Dream in Forrest Gump11V. Conclusion12Bibliography14Acknowledgements15摘 要电影是了解一个国家的镜子,是反映并传播本土文化的一种主要形式。阿甘正传是20世纪90年代末的一种美国经典反智电影。影片旨在唤起人们对历史的反思和对美国文化的重新审视。本文通过分析阿甘正传创作的社会和文化背景以及电影中展现的历史文化、嬉皮士文化、传统文化和美国梦等美国文化,更好地理解美国社会文化的变迁,从而为解读电影阿甘正传提供一个新的角度。关键词:阿甘正传;反智影片;美
5、国社会和文化背景;美国文化AbstractThe film is a mirror to understand a country, and it is a primary form to reflect and spread the local culture. Forrest Gump is an American anti-intellectualism movie in the late 1990s. It aims to evoke reflection on history and the hearts of collection of the American culture.
6、Through the analysis of social and historical background as well as many different American cultures in the film, such as the historical culture, hippie culture, the traditional culture, and American dream, the paper is intended to understand the changes of American cultures and provides a new persp
7、ective for interpreting the film of Forrest Gump.Key words: Forrest Gump; anti-intellectual movie; American social and cultural background; American culturesInterpretation of American culture in Forrest GumpI. Introduction Forrest Gump is a well received American movie by audiences all over the worl
8、d. It states the history of the second half of 20th century in America. Forrest Gump is an American film adapted from the novel with the same title, the author of the novel is Winston Groom. In the movie, Gump, regarded as an incarnation of virtue, honesty, trustworthy, and bravery, is a very pure i
9、mage. He promises his comrades to buy a shrimp boat. He finally realizes his last wish and wins a huge wealth for them. Gump is persistent, so he runs across the entire United States. Gump stands for the American traditional culture. Gump represents the concern of the main people and stands for all
10、of the mainstream culture. The culture of the United States is primarily Western, but is influenced by Native American, African, Asian, Polynesian, and Latin American cultures. A strand of what may be described as American cultures started its formation over 10,000 years ago with the migration of Pa
11、leo-Indians from Asia, as well as from Oceania and Europe, into the region that is today the continental United States. “The United States of America has its own unique social and cultural characteristics such as dialect, music, arts, social habits, cuisine, and folklore” (Larry 67). “The United Sta
12、tes of America is an ethnically and racially diverse country as a result of large-scale migration from many ethnically and racially different countries throughout its history as well as differing birth and death rates among natives, settlers, and immigrants” (Xiong 39). Forrest Gump revises popular
13、memories of the 1960s through its representations of gender and race and its visualization of postwar history. The paper consists of 5 parts. The first part is the introduction to the film which tells a disabled mans outstanding life. The second part is social and cultural background of Forrest Gump
14、. The third part analyzes American cultures in Forrest Gump in terms of historical culture, hippie culture, the return of traditional culture, and American dream. The film is the best interpretation of the American cultures. Through the analysis of American cultures in the film of Forrest Gump, we w
15、ill have a better understanding of the different American cultures. II. The Film of Forrest Gump Adapted from the NovelForrest Gump is a 1994 American epic romantic film based on the novel of the same name by Winston Groom. The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis and starred Tom Hanks, Robin Wright
16、, Gary Sinise and Sally Field. “The story depicts several decades in the life of Gump, a nave and slow-witted yet athletically prodigious native of Alabama who witnesses, and in some cases influences, some of the defining events of the latter half of the 20th century in the United States; more speci
17、fically, the period between Forrests birth in 1944 and 1982” (Robert 78).Released in the United States on July 6, 1994, Forrest Gump received critical acclaim and became a commercial success as the top grossing film in North America released that year, being the first major success for Paramount Pic
18、tures since the studios sale to Viacom earlier in the year.2.1 The Author and His NovelWinston Groom was born in Washington, D.C., and was brought up in Mobile, Alabama where he took part in University Military School (now known as UMS-Wright Preparatory School). Grooms earliest aspiration was to be
19、come a lawyer like his father, but he finally turned into a writer. He joined the army from 1965 to 1969, including a tour of obligation in the Vietnam War. When he returned from Vietnam, he acted as a reporter for the Washington Star. Groom retired when he was 32, and started writing his first nove
20、l Better Times than These which was come out in 1978.His next novel As Summers Die got better appreciation. In 1985, Groom move back to Mobile, Alabama where he started to write the novel Forrest Gump. The novel was published in 1986; however, it did not make Groom a famous author until it was recom
21、posed into a film with the same title in 1994.2.2 An Introduction to the FilmGump is a moron whose IQ is only 75. At school in order to prevent any other students of bullying, he obeys to Jennys words and starts to run. He ran from the mocking from others. He ran into the football field in order to
22、avoid being hit in high school, when the war was over Gump was regarded as a hero and was interviewed by President Johnson. In his life, he met many American eminent persons. He exposed the Watergate Affair, and he was a referee of the American table tennis team to match with Chinese. Tow music star
23、s, Elvis and John Lennon, contacted with him and produced many famous songs. At last, Gump became a magnate in the shrimp. To mark the dead bubba, he established the Bubba and Gump Company, and gave the companys half shares to bubbas mother. Finally, he became a gardener.Gump went through many affai
24、rs in different historical periods, but he still kept simple and kind. In seclusion, he missed Jenny very much. However, Jenny had fallen from grace and given up. When Jenny came back, she lived together with Gump for a long time. In one night, Jenny grabbed Gump by the hand and later slipped away a
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