霍夫斯泰德文化维度理论视角下的中美文化冲突分析——以《无声告白》为例

An Analysis on the Conflicts Between Chinese and American Cultures From Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions Theory Perspective——A Case Study of Everything I Never Told You

华裔作家伍绮诗的处女作《无声告白》讲述了一个生活在美国的混血华裔家庭的故事。通过对作品中家庭成员内心的深刻剖析,小说展现了华人如何融入美国社会以及如何摆脱跨族裔等外在的压力而找寻到真正的自己的艰难过程。对于《无声告白》中存在的跨族裔的文化冲突,将以霍夫斯泰德的文化维度理论为视角,从权力距离、集体主义与个体主义、阳刚气质与阴柔气质、不确定性规避、长期导向与短期导向这五个不同的文化维度进行分析。

Everything I never told you, the first work of Chinese American writer Celeste Ng, describes a story of an interracial family living in America. This novel reveals difficulties of the Chinese immigrants who try to merge into American society and how they get rid of the interracial pressure through the description of every family member＇ s mind. This paper analyzes the Chinese and American cultural conflicts embodied in Everything I never told you from the perspective of five dimensions of Hofstede＇ s cultural dimensions theory power distance, individualism vs. collectivism, masculinity vs. femininity, uncertainty avoidance, long-term orientation vs. short-term orientation.