酒文化_英語(yǔ)專業(yè)畢業(yè)論文

1、<p>　　An Analysis of Wine Culture in Western Society</p><p><b>　　Abstract</b></p><p>　　As a creature with thousands of years’ history, wine has an irreplaceable position in peop

2、le’s society. It influences almost every aspect of people’s life, and dramatically promotes the civilization process. In this case, learning about the wine culture seems helpful in modern society. This essay is going to

3、analyze the wine culture in western society and aims to disseminate the wine culture and let people have a right cognition about wine.</p><p>　　Wine has a closely relationship with culture, especially in lif

4、e, art, religion and etiquette, and it also has a significant influence on western people’s national character. Wine is a symbol of aesthetic which is formed in its thousands of years’ history. In the process of brewing,

5、 it has an indelible and positive effect on the development of human civilization. </p><p>　　In chapter one the paper gives a brief introduction of wine, and chapter two write about how wine influences the f

6、ormation and development of western culture. Chapter three tells people the close relationship between wine and western people. At the last part of this paper, the author shows the aesthetic value of wine, and the proces

7、s and the significance of wine’s development. Through this essay, people can learn a lot of knowledge about the culture of wine and achieve the aim of improving self-</p><p>　　Key word: wine； wine culture；

8、western culture</p><p><b>　　摘要</b></p><p>　　作為一種有上千年歷史的造物，葡萄酒在人類(lèi)社會(huì)中具有不可替代的位置。它幾乎影響了人類(lèi)社會(huì)的方方面面，同時(shí)極大的推動(dòng)了人類(lèi)文明的進(jìn)程。因此，在當(dāng)今社會(huì)中，學(xué)習(xí)了解葡萄酒文化是很有用的。本文將分析研究西方社會(huì)的酒文化，目的在于傳播葡萄酒文化并使人們對(duì)葡萄酒有正確的認(rèn)識(shí)。</p

9、><p>　　葡萄酒與文化有著密切的聯(lián)系，尤其是在生活，宗教，藝術(shù)，禮儀這些方面，并且對(duì)西方人的民族性格也有很顯著的影響。葡萄酒是一種擁有數(shù)千年歷史的美學(xué)符號(hào)，在其醞釀的過(guò)程中，它對(duì)人類(lèi)文明的發(fā)展有著積極的不可磨滅的作用。</p><p>　　在第一部分中本文對(duì)葡萄酒做了簡(jiǎn)要的介紹，第二部分則論述了葡萄酒是如何影響西方文化形成與發(fā)展的。第三部分寫(xiě)了葡萄酒與西方人的密切關(guān)系，最后一部分作者展示了

10、葡萄酒的審美觀及其傳播發(fā)展的過(guò)程與意義。通過(guò)這篇文章，人們可以學(xué)習(xí)到關(guān)于酒文化的很多知識(shí)并完成提高自身涵養(yǎng)的目標(biāo)。它還可以教給人們?nèi)绾纹穱L葡萄酒，形成正確的飲酒習(xí)慣，提高生活質(zhì)量。因此，學(xué)習(xí)葡萄酒文化是很重要以及必須的。</p><p>　　關(guān)鍵詞: 葡萄酒； 葡萄酒文化； 西方文化</p><p><b>　　Contents</b></p><

11、;p>　　Chapter 1 Introduction…………………………………………………................…1</p><p>　　1.1 The Origin of Wine………………………………………………………...........................1</p><p>　　1.2 The Important Role of Wine in W

12、estern Countries.................................................................2</p><p>　　Chapter 2 Relationship between Wine and Western Culture………................……3</p><p>　　2.1 The Relati

13、onship with Religion……………………………………….................................3</p><p>　　2.2 The Relationship with Art………………………………………….....................................3</p><p>　　2.3 The Relationships

14、with Etiquette……………………………………..................................5</p><p>　　Chapter 3 Wine Cultures and Western People……………………................…….7</p><p>　　3.1 The Influence of Wine on People’s Ch

15、aracter………………………..................................7</p><p>　　3.2 The Influence of Wine on People’s Behavior……………………………...........................8</p><p>　　3.3 The Different Drinking Habits of D

16、ifferent Peoples……………………............................8</p><p>　　Chapter 4 The Aesthetic Concept of Wine and The Significance of Developing Wine Culture…………………………….............................................

17、....................11</p><p>　　4.1 The Aesthetic Concept of Wine………………………………………................................11</p><p>　　4.2 The Development of Wine and Its Significance......................

18、.............................................12</p><p>　　Chapter 5 Conclusion……………………………………………….…..................15</p><p><b>　　Notes16</b></p><p>　　Bibliography17&

19、lt;/p><p>　　Acknowledgements18</p><p>　　Chapter 1 Introduction</p><p>　　Wine, just as its name implies, is brewed by grape juice. But the meaning it has is not only a simple drink wi

20、th alcohol, but also a deeper and wider culture. In the other words, wine is an invisible and intangible connotation of culture more than an objective material flowing in the glass.</p><p>　　Wine culture is

21、a series of phenomenon combination which contains material, spirit, technique, custom, psychology, behavior that emerge around the center of wine. No matter the origin, production, circulation and consumption of wine, o

22、r it’s social and cultural functions especially the social problems it brings, all belong to the wine culture and the related areas. It is a unique cultural form that takes the idiosyncrasy of wine as carrier and takes t

23、he behavior of wine as center. Wine culture </p><p>　　In essence, wine has both the natural attribute and social attributes. The object of wine culture study for involves not only the natural attribute like

24、raw materials, tools, brewing techniques, but also emphasis on its social attribute, which means the specific influence on different fields such as politic, economy, culture, military, religion, art, science, technology,

25、 social psychology and folk customs caused by wine in social activity.</p><p>　　1.1 The Origin of Wine</p><p>　　When did wine appear? There is variety of views. Some people think that the origin

26、 of wine is ancient Egypt, some people think it is ancient Greece. However, no matter how many sayings there are, it is a doubtless fact that our ancestor had already found the wild grape in nature in daily lif

27、e and brews the oldest drink which they name it wine. Based on the existing record of wine, we can confirm that at least 10，000 years ago, our ancestor had already started drinking it. According to some archa</p>

28、<p>　　Throughout the history, it is not difficult to find that the history of wine and the history of human culture are almost developing together. These ancient civilizations all have a lot of myths and legends abo

29、ut wine. It is not only a magic and romantic drink, but also provides the existence and development of human society with a health fountainhead.</p><p>　　1.2 The Important Role of Wine in Western Countries&l

30、t;/p><p>　　As an objective substance in the world, it appears in the shape of water but has the character of fire. “Both emperors and civilians ardently love this wonderful liquid, and drink a lot in every meal

31、, just as Er guo tou in China.” [2] They regard wine as a sort of common drink, and would like to enjoy it in anytime and anywhere. The most fantastic thing of their drinking habit is like that: some appetizer wine befor

32、e having meal, then some digest-helpful wine after meal; while eating, even they </p><p>　　Wine is romantic, elegant and health. A glass of wine will bring us a lot of imaginations and dreams. The most impor

33、tant reason of western people loving the wine may because felling in love with the life style it brings them. Wine has always been together with music, art, and fashion. The fast rhythm of modern city life effaces the el

34、egance and leisure of daily life, so drinking wine is a life mood of pursuing happiness. No reason is needed for us to fell in love with wine because it applies us </p><p>　　We can define it as a culture phe

35、nomenon, because wine and culture are actually twins. The culture has not only prosperity, but also depression. There’s depression, there needs release, so we choose wine to complete this aim. Being compared with drugs,

36、wine is cheaper and safer, therefore, as long as civilization exists, the wine will not disappear.</p><p>　　Chapter 2 Relationship between Wine and Western Culture</p><p>　　2.1 The Relationship

37、 with Religion</p><p>　　Western society has a series of view point about the origin of wine, the most acceptable one is that wine is created by Dionysus, the god of wine. More over, Christian sees wine as th

38、e blood of Jesus, because he entertains his disciples with wine and bread in the last supper and said, the bread is my flesh, wine is my blood. This scene has became classic, and been recalled in every mass ceremony. “Bu

39、t few people know that the Bible mentioned 521 times of wine, which means that wine and religious</p><p>　　In Exodus (the second volume of the Bible), we can find the Hebrews feel regretful about leaving the

40、ir vineyards in Egypt. But soon they find the greenness Sharon covered by grapevine in their new Promised Land, and then the vineyard spread rapidly in the whole Palestinian. Consider about the intimate relationship betw

41、een Jew and the wine, it is easy to understand that wine is a requisite of their life in Jesus living period.</p><p>　　In the early time of preaching Christianity, monks and monasteries play a decisive role

42、in the preservation of civilization and grape cultivation. “The Vatican stipulates that missionaries must pass on the grape cultivation and wine brewing technology while preaching.”[5] The churches even have full-time wi

43、nemakers to provide qualified wine. Wine is also a sort of necessity in some Christian ceremonies, and the priests use it to serve followers and guests. </p><p>　　With the spread of Christianity in Europe, t

44、he European build a lot of monasteries, as there is a monastery, there will have a vineyard. In this condition, people think that wine is not only a medium which may express their respect to god, but also the best vintag

45、es god grant. Just like holy water, although it is flavorless, but venerate for its sacred. Not to mention that the wine taste so mellow. Until now, the massive religious power still has great influence on the whole west

46、ern society. </p><p>　　2.2 The Relationship with Art</p><p>　　Westerners and Chinese artist have extremely different performance after drunk. Almost all artists will praise wine because it will

47、bring them revel and inspiration. The painter Giuseppe Arcimboldi, living in 16th century, draw the god of autumn in Bacchus’ appearance. Francisco de Coya, Charles Ford langsuowa and AugusteRenoir’s painting shows the s

48、cene of grape harvest，aim to demonstrate the generosity of nature. Miller draws about the stout of cask while EngèneBoudin representation the Bordea</p><p>　　For example, British poet Ben Johnson expres

49、s his intense and longing love to his spouse in Song to Celia, “l(fā)eave a kiss but in the cup/And I’ll not look for wine/the thirst that from the soul doth rise/Doth ask a drink divine”. That is the release of true ego and

50、 a return to nature in a western way of thinking, which desired to achieve god's tipsy state. </p><p>　　Wine changes the Adventure of Humanity. There are three kinds of people since human learned how to

51、brew wine. The first one is unable to drink, the second one is able to drink, and the third one is alcohol addicts. At all times the poet, musician and artist are always the third kind of people who loves the wine. Their

52、 spirit and thought will have sublimation once they are squiffy, and then there will be the naissance of masterpiece. Germany’s famous poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe has his life a</p><p>　　The most famous

53、saying is like this, “I taste it, and love it, wine let us be the master of ourselves, and free the slavery tongue.” As well as poet, musician and artist also release their spirit and grip inspirations in the aroma of th

54、is splendid liquid, and create a large number of well-known tunes and tremendous art treasures. Such as Mozart, Bruckner, Haydn, Schubert and Schumann, these great composers always work in a squiffy condition.</p>

55、<p>　　In French, they even have special collages and majors to learn wine art. In their opinion, it is giving up the basic enjoyment of drinking if drain the wine with no appreciation of the color and aroma. In add

56、ition, drinking has its special procedures: stop talking while picking up glass, raise your glass before taste and enjoy its bright beautiful color and luster with eyes; swing the glass lightly and dissipating the bouque

57、t, sniff gently with nose, then take a little sip.</p><p>　　2.3 The Relationship with Etiquette</p><p>　　In a social intercourse occasion, wine has its own etiquettes which may as complicate as

58、Chinese Teaism. When western people attending a banquet or a party, the most common scene will be like this, at first master toast to guests to thank their coming and wish everybody could enjoy themselves. At the rest of

59、 time the guest always drink and chat with partner or be in drink alone. As we know, Chinese pay more attention to people and atmosphere while drinking spirit, but westerners think highly of </p><p>　　Moreov

60、er, western people speak highly of personal egalitarian, so it is impolite for someone to urge other people to drink. Guest will get angry if the host keeps on toasting to him. So there’s no chance to see people toast to

61、 others in a booze, and no finger-guessing games which will liven things up and extremely popular in eastern countries. Only in some particular occasions, present guests will rise up glasses together, and toast to someth

62、ing worth celebration.</p><p>　　Chapter 3 Wine Cultures and Western People</p><p>　　Wine has an irreplaceable status to western people. It appears in every aspect of westerners' life. Wine

63、can be used to celebrate victory or festival, to be collected like stamps or regarded as a kind of condiment. It can be seen no matter in formal social occasions or in ordinary citizen's home, even in a bar where win

64、e is used to shake cocktail. Thus wine plays an important role in the formation of western people's enthusiasm character and romantic behavior.</p><p>　　3.1 The Influence of Wine on People’s Character &l

65、t;/p><p>　　Wine culture is a manifestation of human life and customs, different countries have different wine cultures. Everything related——the history, culture, religion, life habit and even national character

66、istic——all can be reflected from the wine.</p><p>　　Westerners have special rules and routines when drinking, that's because the western way of thinking pay attention to science and rationality, develop

67、and respect the nature of things, it is a kind of material oriented rational thinking. They think highly of different characteristic of different wines, fully respect the nature and taste of wine, strive to demonstrate v

68、arious flavor of different wines. Appreciation beautiful things is the aesthetic spirit flowing in their blood. Drinking makes pe</p><p>　　Wine is an elegant drink which itself includes high value of culture

69、 and artist. In western society, no matter aristocracy or civilian, white-collar worker or blue-collar, their ardently love to wine are all the same persistent. Its unique emotional appeal is not only able to release mel

70、ancholy but also leave some leeway. Keeping people half awake and half tipsy exemplify the best state in modern communication leisure life. In the western social intercourse occasions, a gentleman will use wine a</p&g

71、t;<p>　　3.2 The Influence of Wine on People’s Behavior</p><p>　　Their mind about drinking is direct and always combined with love, rose, passion and romance. Wine and rose, songs and dance, these ordi

72、nary pieces of common life build up an extraordinary poetic imagery of romantic. In the western way of drinking, we can see the joy of life, the sweetness of love, and the glorious of ideal. For instance, the Scotch whis

73、key is the symbol of Scottish. In Scotland, men wearing short skirt, blow the bagpipes, play tap dancing, binge drinking whiskey, such demeanor </p><p>　　They will drain to drunk as soon as possible, hope to

74、 meet with Bacchus in inebriety. So this kind of fuddles hand down to generations as a habit. No matter a bottle of beer or a glass of liquor, just raise your head, and drink them all. In Charles Dickens’ famous novel A

75、Tale of Two Cities, there describes a significant scene: a barrel fells down from a speeding carriage and breaks on the ground, blood-red wine gush out. A crowd of people swarm there, some people use hands holding the wi

76、ne mixe</p><p>　　Wine gives western people a unique character of romance and enriches their soul and behavior. Drinking makes them good talker, and their words have no more taboos or rules or polite formula.

77、 Instead, the topic will be more intimate and relaxed. Drinking makes them bold and brave, they will try things they’ve never touched in their lives. For example, in the movies Hangover, the four friends break into Tyson

78、’s villa and steal his dog, then running naked in Las Vegas and even one of them getting m</p><p>　　3.3 The Different Drinking Habits of Different Peoples</p><p>　　Frenchman is proud of their wi

79、ne culture, and can not live without wine. They drink from day to night, from family party to social intercourse. France is a famous place of Brandy production, but French people do not drink too much of it. They prefer

80、low degree wine like champagne or cocktail. There are only two kinds of people drink Brandy: artist and fisherman.</p><p>　　In the other side of English Channel, British people love drinking, too. They like

81、sitting in an old rocker after the night felling, facing to the fire place and drinking Whiskey. Besides, drinking wine is a tradition of soldier and knight.</p><p>　　Italian has a long history of drinking.

82、They like chatting while sipping, but once the bottle is open they will talk downright nonsense without an end. Such scene can be described as” When drinking with a bosom friend, a thou

83、sand cups will still be too little”. Italian’s drinking habit has neither the romantic of French, nor the ease of British.</p><p>　　Swede is the representative of rugged Norther

84、n Europe in drinking. When challenge appears in their daily life, they need wine to boost their courage. Swedish people drink alcohol also because unsatisfied with the insipid life, they hope to be drunk and experience a

85、n adventure in their mind.</p><p>　　Finns like drink their fill no matter alone or not. To save money, they will drive to Russia or sail along the Baltic Sea. The jack-tar always sending the Finns whom as

86、60;drunk as a load back to the shore.</p><p>　　Pole admires Vodka in their heart. They mix Vodka with wine, and call this mixture “soup”. “Soup” can be heated or frozen before drinking. Pole drinks the

87、odd liquid no matter at work or at home, even in the driving room of a trunk.</p><p>　　German is the real fans of beer. It is said in house, there are two faucets, one is water and another is beer. They have

88、 special festival for beer. In that day, the whole Germany will be in a crazy state, and people rise up and drain off one glass after another of beer with overflowing fragrance and foam. The beer that German people consu

89、me is the largest in the world. Towards German, beer is the best sleeping pill in their life.</p><p>　　Chapter 4 The Aesthetic Concept of Wine and The Significance of Developing Wine Culture</p><

90、p>　　4.1 The Aesthetic Concept of Wine</p><p>　　Wine is a vintage liquid gestated by time. The most fascinating glamour of it is the distinctiveness. “We can drink the same savor of Coca Cola at every time

91、 and everywhere in the world, but it is impossible to taste the absolutely same wine.”[9] The biggest difference of wine and other drink is that it is not created by a secret formulation, and not produced by several geni

92、us imitating dozens of indexes in the laboratory. </p><p>　　It is the product of nature which has the character of inimitable and uncopiable. In this case, wine shows a colorful feature whose enrichment of r

93、urality smell of earth makes it have the unique comfort and kindness. The external aesthetics appearance of wine includes the color, clarity and liquidity. Its beauty in form, which is showed by the order, the pure, and

94、the riot of color, is widely loved by people. The color of wine is decided by raw materials, brewing process and vintage. According t</p><p>　　The quiet and beautiful smell of wine is flowing and refined, le

95、ads people to endless aftertastes and shows its real interest and charm. The characteristic feature of its aroma is a kind of elegant, harmonious, bright, strong fragrant plant perfume and pure, beautiful bouquet. The qu

96、ality of aroma has grace with elegance and joyousness, genuineness with typicalness and chic, rich with strong and fragrance. The odorous and fragrant aroma of wine is like friendship, although as diluted as water, b<

97、/p><p>　　The genuineness of wine and its essence which syncretize the food culture express a homey, contented, mellow mood, and that may be the reason why people find pleasure in it. The appreciation of wine’s

98、aesthetic feeling means, after being attracted by its beauty, the taster will have a miscellaneous and further realization about the aesthetic of wine. At the same time, the taster can get a pleasant feel in both body an