Acknowledgments
At the completion of my thesis, I would like to express my deep gratitude and great appreciation to all those who have directly and indirectly assisted me in the writing of this thesis.
My deepest gratitude goes first and foremost to Ms. Chen Zhihong, my supervisor, for her constant encouragement and guidance. She has helped me in all the stages of writing this thesis. Without her consistent and illuminating instruction, this thesis could not have reached its present form.5808
Furthermore, my thanks also go to all the professors and teachers in the school of foreign languages. They led me into the world of English language and gave me constant encouragement and unreserved help, whose lectures broadened my horizons and laid basis for my research on the paper.
Last but not the least, my thanks would go to my beloved family for their loving considerations and great confidence in me all through these years. I also owe my sincere gratitude to my friends and my fellow classmates who gave me their help and time in listening to me and helping me work out my problems during the difficult course of the thesis.
In all, my heart swells with gratitude to all those kind persons in my life.
Abstract
There exist big differences between Chinese and American culture because of different patterns of history development. Chinese culture is based on the collectivism which lays stress on the collective interest above the personal interest. However, American culture centers on inpidualism which focuses on the personal freedom, equality and independence. Under the influence of these two core values and patterns of social developments, there exists a big gap between American and Chinese attitudes to love and marriage which is also reflected in the TV serials. From the angle of cross-culture, this thesis makes a comparison of American TV serial How I Met Your Mother and Chinese TV serial Down-to-earth Marriage to show the different attitudes towards love and marriage which form in different cultural backgrounds. Meanwhile, it also analyzes the purpose and significance of the different attitudes at three stages: love, marriage and porce. The underlying differences of American and Chinese cultures are presented in a comparative way.
This thesis is composed of four chapters. Chapter one serves as an introduction, briefly introducing the background and object of the study. Chapter two makes a comparison of the Chinese and American cultures from the core value, sexual concept and family value, pointing out that the core value in China is collectivism while that in America is inpidualism. Chapter three makes a brief introduction to two TV serials, and mainly aims at the comparison of attitudes towards love and marriage in the two TV serials in different periods, such as before marriage, in marriage and porce. The last part is the conclusion. We could acquaint with the pergence of culture in these two countries.
Key Words: collectivism, inpidualism, attitudes towards love and marriage
摘要
由于历史发展模式不同，中美文化存在着巨大的差异。中国文化的核心是集体主义，注重集体的利益胜于个人。而美国文化的核心则为个人主义，追求个人的自由，平等以及独立。在这两种核心文化驱动下，使得中美两国人民的婚恋观也出现了极大的差异。中美人对于恋爱以及婚姻拥有不同的看法与追求，而这种差异能在电视剧中体现出来。本文通过跨文化视角，以美国电视剧《老爸老妈罗曼史》和中国电视剧《裸婚时代》为主要研究对象，以婚恋为方向，从恋爱、婚姻以及离婚三个阶段进行对比分析，在不同的文化背景下所产生的不同的家庭婚恋观，以及他们各自的目的及意义。通过比较，来呈现深层次的中美两国文化上的差异。

本文包括四章。第一章是前言，简单介绍了写作背景及研究对象。第二章从核心价值观、性改革和家庭价值观进行中美文化的对比，指出中国文化的核心是集体主义而美国的核心价值观是个人主义。第三章分别对《老爸老妈罗曼史》和《裸婚时代》剧情进行大概的描述，从两部电视剧在婚前，婚后以及离婚等不同阶段对比两国人对爱与婚姻的态度。最后一章是结论，通过两部电视剧的对比，我们可以很直观的看到两种文化的分歧所在。 英文论文中美婚恋观比较:http://www.751com.cn/yingyu/lunwen_3002.html