英语a brief analysis about american individual heroism from taken movies本科学位论文.docx
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英语abriefanalysisaboutamericanindividualheroismfromtakenmovies本科学位论文
Contents
Abstract.....................................................................................................2
Introduction3
I.TheOriginandDevelopmentofIndividualHeroism3
A.TheOriginofIndividualHeroism4
1.TheFrontier’sTimeistheKeytoIndividualHeroism4
2.TheReligionistheReason4
3.TheTranscendentalismistheGuidingThought5
4.TheWestwardMovementistheHighlight5
5.The“AmericanDream”istheconductor6
B.TheDevelopmentofIndividualHeroism6
1.InCulturalDevelopment6
2.InTermsofEconomicdevelopment8
3.TheInfluencefromPolitics9
II.IndividualHeroismintheCharacterofTaken10
A.BriefIntroductionaboutTaken10
B.Justice12
C.Bravery12
D.Kinship12
Conclusion13
Notes15
Acknowledgements16
Abstract:
Themovieisaculturalcarrierofacountry,whichpropagatesthenationalcultureandreflectsthedominantvalueofwholenations.TheUnitedStatesisawarmworshippersonalheroismcountry.WiththecoreofthesuperheroesinHollywoodmovies,ithastheresponsibilitytopromotethemajorvaluethroughoutthecountryandtheworld.Thispaperisgoingtodiscusstheoriginandthedevelopmentoftheindividualheroism,andatthesametime,expoundstheAmericanindividualheroismfromthreeaspects,whichareindividualism,bravery,kinshipfromTakenmovies.
KeyWords:
Hollywoodmovies;Americanindividualheroism;justice;bravery;kinship
摘要:
电影是一个国家的文化载体,宣传其民族文化及其主流价值观。
美国是一个及其崇拜个人英雄主义的国家。
所以以超级英雄为核心的好莱坞电影有责任将这一价值观传播给全美国及世界观众。
本文将在分析个人英雄主义起源及发展的同时,以电影飓风营救出发,从个人主义,勇敢,亲情三个方面来阐述美式个人英雄主义。
关键词:
好莱坞电影;个人英雄主义;正义;勇敢;亲情
ABriefAnalysisaboutAmericanIndividualHeroismfromTakenMovies
Introduction
Movieisaverypopularformofartthatareapprovedbypeoplewidely.Meanwhile,itisalsoanveryeffectivewaytodisseminatethenationalcultureandvaluestotheaudienceandimpacttheirbehaviorandthinking.TianWeipointedoutthatmovieisnotonlyasanentertainmentatall,butsurpassestheamusementandprofit.Inaddition,healsosuggestedthatthecultureandmainvaluesofacountrycanbedepictedinitsmovie.1InAmerica,theindividualheroismisadmiredbymostofpeople.BecausetheHollywoodmovieisasignificantpartofAmericanculture,soitnotstrangethatlotsofsuperheroesarecreatedinHollywoodmovies.Inrecentyears,itsweptacrosstheworldforitsdelicatestuntsandcomplicatedplots.Consequently,theAmericanindividualheroismwasinfashionintheworld.
FortheAmericanindividualheroism,differentassessments,whicharenotonlyallgoodbutalsobad,heldbydifferentscholars.Ontheonehand,highproportionofpeopleareinfavorofthisvalue,becausetheythinkunderthisvaluesystem,thehuman’spersonalcharacterwillbefullyrespected.LuQianfiguredoutthatthesuperheroesweremessengerofjusticeinvastmajorityofHollywoodmoviesandguardiansofconscience.Besides,theyfoughtagainsttheevilandpursuedthebrightfuture,evenatthecrucialmoment,theycansacrificedthemselvestosavethewholeworld.2Nevertheless,thisviewisnotacceptedbyallscholars,ChenLifangandChenMorevealedthattheheroescreatedinthemoviearealwayswanttoguaranteetheregion’speacethroughtheviolentway.Moreover,theterrificscenefloodedineverywhereanddrawtheextremeboundariestothegoodandevil.3
ThisthesisisgoingtofocusontheoriginanddevelopmentofindividualheroismandfromtheperspectiveofTakentoexplaintheAmericanindividualheroismbasedonthethreeareas,embodiedjustice,braveryandkinship.
I.TheOriginandDevelopmentofIndividualHeroism
Itiswellknownthatanydoctrinehasitsownoriginanddevelopment.Thus,theindividualheroismalsooriginatefromsomeimportanteventsthatmaygivethegreatinfluencetoAmerica.Asforthedevelopment,manyreasonscanbetakenintoconsideration,suchasculture,economic,politicsandetc.Fortheoriginanddevelopment,differentscholarsholddifferentviews.Therefore,theoriginanddevelopmentofindividualheroismofAmericaaregoingtobediscussedbelow.
A.TheOriginofIndividualHeroism
1.TheFrontier’sTimeistheKeytoIndividualHeroism
Americaisaemergingnationthataremadeofbyimmigrantswhowerefromallovertheworld.However,thefirstsettlerswerefromEuropemostlyandtheyarealmostallpuritanswhowerepersecutedforreligioninEurope.ZhouXiaoxinbelievedthatbecauseofthesenonsenseoppress,theyhadastrongdesiretogotoanewcontinenttoseekthenewlife.Yetwhentheyhadarrivedthere,theyfounditisverydifficulttoreclaimthisundevelopedland.Underthiskindofcircumstance,asuperheroorleaderwhocanhelpthemtofindawaytofightforabrightfuturewascalledupurgentlyintheimmigrant’smind.Thesefigures,playedaguidingroleinthattime,maybebecametheherowhowereeulogizedbythepeoplehitherto.Asaresult,itismaybeearliestoriginoftheindividualism.4
2.TheReligionistheReason
Basedontheabovementioned,thefirstemigrantsweremostlypuritans.AsthepathfindersofAmericanhistory,theyprovedthatthehumancansavethemselvesthroughthehardworkandfightingcontinuously.WangXiaojunrevealedthatthepuritansdemonstratetheirprinciplethatpeoplecanrescuethemselvesbytheirendeavortotheworldfromtheirownexample.AlthoughthisthoughtshadbeenpraisedexcessivelybythemodernAmericansandevencameoutatrendthattheywillforceotherstoacceptthisidea.ItisalsocannotbeignoredthatthegreatinfluencetotheAmerican’scorevalueandthegloriouseffecttotheevilpoweratthattime.5InOutofOurPast,Deglersuggestedthatthemainheritage,whichthemodernAmericansinheritedfromtheirancestors,istheindividualism.6
3.TheTranscendentalismistheGuidingThought
TheAmericansholdtheverystrongindividualpersonality,theythinkthattheyarequiteuniqueandmostimportant.Asforthereasonofthisthinking,thetranscendentalismmaybeisaveryleadingfactor.Thetranscendentalismisaphilosophyandliteraturemovement,sprangupinthelate1820sandthe1830sattheNewEnglandRegionandledbyEmersonandThoreau.AccordingtoWIKIPEDIA,thediscipleofthetranscendentalismbelievedthatwhentheyaretrulyself-reliantandindependent,theywouldreachedtheirpeakoflife.7EmersondescribedinhisSelfReliancethat“Absolveyoutoyourselfandyoushallhavethesuffrageoftheworld”and“Nolawcanbescaredtomebutthatofmynature.Goodandbadarebutnamesveryreadilytransferabletothatorthis;theonlyrightisthatisaftermyconstitution,theonlywrongwhatisagainstit.”8Itiscanbeconcludedthatthehumancandoanythingandneedn’ttobeafraidofanyonewhomaybecomethebarrierofyourwaytosuccess,excepttheGodandyourownheart.Inotherwords,youjustneedtodotherightthingwhatyoubelieveanditwillbeacceptbythepublicatlast.Inaddition,thelawthatmakeyourestrictedisnotexisted,youcansimplyfollowyourheart.Thatistosay,theindividualismoreimportantthaneverythingintheworld.
4.TheWestwardMovementistheHighlight
TheWestwardMovementcanbedefinedasthemovementthatstartfromtheindependenceofAmericatotheCivilWarandisacolonialexpansionfromtheEasttotheWestalongtheAtlanticOcean.ItisagreatfactortoAmericanhistoryandnotonlyhashugeinfluenceontheextensionoftheterritoryofthiscountry,butalsoplayaleadingroleintheculture.DengJunePointedourintheprocessofWestwardMovement,theindividualheroismhadbeendevelopedtremendously.Atfirst,whenpeoplewenttotheborderlandtofindabetterlife,theyhadtofightagainstthetoughnaturalenvironmentandcopedwiththevariousdifficulties.Secondly,Iftheywanttoliveacomfortlife,theymustmakeearnbythemselvesindependently.Forthereasonsmentionedabove,itseemedobviouslythattheseancestorslivedaself-sufficientlifethroughtheirstrongbeliefsandhardworking.Fromthesesuccessfulmodel,theAmericanswereinspiredenormouslyandconvincedbythetheorythatyouhavetostrugglealoneandindependentlyifyouwantmakehugeprogress.ShealsomentionedthatthisthinkingwasreveredbytheAmericansuptonow.Moreover,theheroeswhogainachievementsbytheirowneffortsarerespectedbythepeople.9
5.The“AmericanDream”istheconductor
Itishardtogiveacleardefinitionabout“AmericanDream”.Actually,thisconceptmaycouldbeexplainedasaprinciplethathumanmuststrivebythemselvesallthetimewhatevertherewereanyhardshipsordifficultiesonconditionthattheywanttoachievetheirowndreams.Inaddition,AdamsandJamesTmslowsetaconceptionabout“AmericanDream”intheirbookat1931,itiselaboratedinthiswaythatinfascinatedAmerica,everyonewouldliveabetter,richerandmorecomfortablelife.Furthermore,themoretalentedandmorecapablepeople,themorechanceswouldbegivento.Besides,inthissocialenvironment,theinherentstatuscouldbeendowedtoeverymanandwomanandacceptedbythesociety.10Fromthesedefinitions,itiseasytoseethattheindividualheroismisembodiedin“AmericanDream”,becauseindividualismhadgetanadequateperformanceinit.However,heroistheincarnationofindividualismandheroismisaformofindividualism.Apartfromthat,themostrepresentativecharacteristicoftheindividualheroismisthemaximumutilizationofpersonalability.Meanwhile,thisisthemainpeculiarityabout“AmericanDream”.
B.TheDevelopmentofIndividualHeroism
Afteranvaluewasformed,itmustgothroughaseriesofdevelopments
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