跨文化交际视角下观察中美文化差异——以《花木兰》和《木兰辞》为例

Observing the Cultural Differences between China and the United States from the Perspective of Cross-Cultural Communication—Taking Mulan and Song of Mulan as Examples

迪士尼真人版电影《花木兰》改编自南北朝叙事诗《木兰辞》,讲述了主角花木兰替父从军,在战场上寻找真我、证明自我价值的过程。电影上映后反响平平,国内观众认为电影里面有很多强行堆砌的中国元素,并不符合时代背景,和观众熟悉的《木兰辞》有较大出入,无法使人产生共鸣。《木兰辞》中表达花木兰的英雄主义,主要是替父从军时的孝道和对家庭重任的担当。这种英雄主义,是建立在人民利益和国家利益的基础上的。在迪士尼电影《花木兰》中,木兰虽然是英雄,但是她在战场上追求的是功绩和荣耀,迪士尼公主花木兰始终在实现自我价值的路上,表现出了强烈的自我中心意识和独立意识。本文从跨文化角度观察两者,认为其背后的根本原因是中美文化差异。

Disney’s live-action film Mulan is adapted from the narrative poem Song of Mulan of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It tells the story of the protagonist Song of Mulan who joined the army for her father and found her true self and proved her self-worth on the battlefield. After the movie was released, the response was mediocre, and domestic audiences believed that there were many forcefully stacked Chinese elements in the movie, which were not in line with the historical back-ground and were significantly different from the familiar "Mulan Ci" and could not resonate with people. The heroism expressed in Song of Mulan is mainly the filial piety of Hua Mulan when she joined the army for her father and the responsibility of her family. This heroism is built on the basis of the interests of the people and the country and cannot help but radiate brilliance. In the perfor-mance of the Disney movie Mulan, Mulan is a hero, but what she pursues on the battlefield is achievement and glory. Disney Princess Mulan always shows strong self-centered and independent consciousness on the way to realizing her self-worth. By observing both, this article delves into the fundamental reasons behind them from a cross-cultural perspective, specifically examining the cultural differences between China and the United States.