比较文学视角下《吾国吾民》的中国形象研究

林语堂在《吾国吾民》中塑造的独特的中国形象,影响了西方世界对中国的看法。这部作品是在和西方文化互相比较的基础上产生的,所以从比较文学的角度去分析这种异国形象能更好地促进理解。中国形象可以从形象学的社会的集体想象物、乌托邦的形象和矛盾的"他者"这三个方面来分析。另外,《吾国吾民》是用散文体来介绍中国文化的方方面面,现代散文的文体也有助于闲适、幽默和性灵的中国形象的传播。这种中国形象和散文文体的结合都是在一定社会语境下产生的,受到作者的主体因素、社会因素和文化因素的影响。研究林语堂塑造的中国形象,可以更好地了解西方文化和中国的文化,尤其是学会如何对外宣传中国文化。

The unique Chinese image created in My Country and My People by Lin Yutang has much influence on the westerners. The book constrasts the western culture and the Chinese culture, and can be better understood from the perspective of comparative literature. The Chinese image can be analyzed from three aspects, namely social collective image, the Utopian image and the other image. Apart from this, different aspects of Chinese people and culture are introduced in the book in the modem essay style, which helps to create the idle and humorous Chinese image. The creation of the Chinese image in the modem essay style has appeared in a certain social and cultural context, which is influenced by the individual factor, the social factor and the cultural factor. By studying the Chinese image created by Lin Yutang, we can understand the western culture and the Chinese culture better, especially the way to promote Chinese culture successfully in the western world.