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1、A Comparative Study of Cultural Differences between China and the West Different Interpretations of Heroism in Movie and TV Play 东西方不同文化比较东西方不同文化比较 英雄主义在影视剧中的诠释英雄主义在影视剧中的诠释By Zhu Lin (朱琳)Supervised by Prof. Dong Jianqiao （董剑桥）Southern Yangtze University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China June 2006ContentsAcknowl
2、edgements- Abstract but wild, wrestling naked with the truth of things“ (Quoted from Covert, 2004). However, at the same time, they also have “a most gentle heart withal, full of pity and love, as indeed the truly valiant heart ever is“ (Quoted from Covert). A hero is a man who willingly devotes his
3、 life to the divine and inner truth and shares his vision with the rest of the world. For Carlyle, this is the definition of a true man: one who is a deep and spiritual being, living his life by divine truths.He allows for differences in how the material of the hero will manifest itself by saying th
4、at each man is shaped by his own times. The basic qualities must be there; which form it will take out of the many he uses as examples depends on what circumstances into which a hero is born. In a sense, Carlyles view of the hero resembles the way that Jane saw Rochester shaped by circumstance, but
5、Carlyle feels that if a man has the basic qualities of a hero, he will not become corrupted, and therefore there is no need of the reforming woman. “A Hero is the embodiment of manhood, the ultimate male, and masculinity incarnate. A Hero is a great man, one to whom every man looks up and feels a se
6、nse of awe. Hero-worship is the deepest root of all; the tap-root, from which in a great degree all the rest were nourished and grown . . . Worship of a Hero is transcendent admiration of a Great Man. I say great men are still admirable; I say there is, at bottom, nothing else admirable! No nobler f
7、eeling than this of admiration for one higher than him dwells in the breast of men.” (Quoted from Covert) As a matter of fact, if we are not stickler for a certain kind of abstract view on heroes, if we associate heroes with the concrete historical and cultural context, deep into the level of humani
8、ty to comprehend the personality of heroes and regard heroes as the sincere efforts to resolve some certain universal problems and dilemma, we can come to this conclusion that “Hero is eternal”. In various kinds of historical and cultural context, there are always people who make great efforts to re
9、solve some universal problems, to defend the current view of social values. 2.2. Nature and Orientation of HeroesHere, “hero” we are discussing is in the term of human beings, heroism root in the fear towards death, which is resulted from living paradox. As far as Adam and Eva were driven out of Ede
10、n, the paradox stands out in contrast: on one hand, human is primate in the universe, the creator of cultural symbolism; on the other hand, human, after all, is a senior animal that is doomed to rottenness. It is this fundamental constraint human suffers that results in the unaware revolt, that is,
11、the heroic impulse: in order to resist the absurd destiny, human employs kinds of regulations and relations such as religion, morality, love, authority and art to try to construct some “causa sui project” so as to be superior and even eternal. (李启军,2004) However, what we should point out is, althoug
12、h the fear to death is the most internal motivation of humans, in reality, the revolt to death may evolve that to all the forces similar to threat of death. The external appearance of heroism may be the dedication to some “causa sui project” and great accomplishment, but when ones existence is denie
13、d, the desire to survive is also an action of hero. The essence of hero is an enterprising and irrepressible life force when human beings suffer from the oppression and distortion of all the alien forces including death and nature. Just because hero is the embodiment of will and force that stand in
14、reality and look into the future, hero is the A Comparative Study of Cultural Differences between China and the West3motivation pushing history and society forward. When great social transformations or ideological changes take place, some old types of heroes will exit while new ones come on stage. T
15、his is concordant with the regulation of metabolism of the world. However, people in the metabolism feel difficult to adjust from emotion to thinking, thus dizziness results. They contradict new heroes and oppose new heroic discourse model. On one hand, they miss old heroes extremely and lament the
16、extinction of them; on the other hand, they hate new heroes extremely and curse them as much as possible. Today, the mass culture hastens the parturition of new idea, concept and perception while decomposing old ideas, concept and perception. Luckily, the post-modern society is not a monster that digests all the values and meanings. With the system of consumerism, it gain
