“文化自觉”视角下的大学英语教材文化配置研究

Study on Cultural Representation in College English Textbooks from the Perspective ofCultural Self-awareness

针对我国大学英语教材中英美文化强势、中国本土文化边缘化、比较文化缺失等现象,本文跟踪研究《新标准大学英语》系列教材中的文化配置情况。研究发现,该系列教材彼此融合互补,一定程度上缓解了其它国家文化受到忽视、比较文化缺失、中国本土文化边缘化等问题,英美文化的强势地位也有一定的弱化。教材编写者针对大学英语教材中存在的问题,调整英美文化、中国本土文化及其他国家文化之间的比例,具有较强的“文化自觉”意识。

Since previous studies revealed that there existed problems like overwhelming featuring of American and British cultures,marginalizing of Chinese culture,and lack of comparisons between different cultures in most of the college English textbooks,this paper conducted a tracking study to explore whether there are changes in the representation of different cultures in series of textbooks of New Standard College English.Data analyses indicated that textbook editors consciously adjust the proportions of different cultures like American and British cultures,cultures of the rest of the world,especially Chinese culture in series of textbooks of New Standard College English,and it can be concluded that the existing problems are being mitigated.