AbstractGhosts and vampires are two different images formed from eastern and western culture. There are huge numbers of literary works and historical records of relevant ghosts and vampires. Ghost culture in the east and west is a branch of culturology. There are differences as well as similarities between the two cultures. Based on the two fantasy films Painted Skin and Twilight，the thesis made a comparative study on the ghost and vampire culture from various perspectives，aiming at exploring the similar good and evil of human nature wedged into the different entertaining forms of our era，and hoping to make a reference for readers with their further understanding on cross-cultural communication.
This paper is made up of five chapters. The first chapter makes a general introduction about eastern ghost culture and western vampire culture as well as the two films. The second chapter analyzes different historical and cultural origin of ghost and vampire culture in the aspect of different social and economic formations, religious roots, attitudes towards death and influences made by two cultures. The third chapter exposits that people from both cultures show the similar emotion for their life and death. The fourth chapter exploits the value of modern people to their own existence in the era of the mechanization and information on the basis of the fact of the prevailing trend of ghost and vampire films. The last chapter concludes the whole paper and further emphasizes the importance of comparing two different cultures to promote the cross-cultural communication.
Key words: ghost and vampire culture, comparison, fantasy films
摘要
鬼和吸血鬼是中西两种不同的文化所产生的形象，有关鬼和吸血鬼的文学作品及历史记载数不胜数。鬼文化是文化的一条分支。在两种不同的文化中，它既存在着差异又保持某些相似性。本文从两部科幻电影《画皮》和《暮光之城》入手，从不同的角度分析比较中西鬼文化，旨在探讨在我们这个时代已然嵌入各种不同娱乐形式的人性的善恶，同时也希望能给读者对于跨文化交流的深入理解提供一定参考。
正文由五章组成。第一章介绍了中西鬼文化的定义和价值，并对两部电影作品进行简要介绍。第二章对分别从中西鬼文化在社会经济形态，宗教信仰，对死亡的不同观念和受到的影响上存在着历史文化上的差异进行详细的分析和总结。第三章阐述并分析在对死亡的恐惧心态上，中西方的人们都出奇的保持一致的观念。第四章结合鬼怪电影渐渐风靡全球的现状，阐述了当代人在这个机械化和信息化的时代中自身存在的价值。第五章总结全文，并强调进行中西鬼文化比较的重要意义，从而促进跨文化交流。7456
关键词：鬼怪文化，比较，魔幻电影
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements i
Abstract ii
摘要 iii
1 Introduction 1
2 The Inpidualities of Eastern and Western Ghosts and Vampires Culture 3
2.1 Different Historical and Cultural Origin 3
2.2 Different Revelations of Ghosts and Vampires Images 7
2.3 The Influence of Ghost and Vampire Culture 9
3 The Similarities of Eastern and Western Ghosts and Vampires Culture 11
3.1 Ideological Universality 11
3.1.1 Fancy ─ Belief in Immortal Soul 11
3.1.2 Disillusion ─ Fear of Death and Darkness 12
3.1.3 Dreamland ─ Transit of Mental Communication 12
3.2 Extensive Theme 14
3.2.1 Confrontation of Good and Evil reflected in ghost and vampire culture 14
3.2.2 Exploration on Human Nature reflected in ghost and vampire culture 15 从《画皮》及《暮色》比较分析中西人鬼文化:http://www.751com.cn/yingyu/lunwen_5430.html