從文化差異的視角剖析陽朔西街的文化適應

1、廣西師范大學碩士學位論文從文化差異的視角剖析陽朔西街的文化適應姓名：林景英申請學位級別：碩士專業(yè)：英語語言文學指導教師：唐高元20060401iiAn Analysis of the Cultural Adaptation in Yangshuo West Street from the Perspective of Cultural DifferencesPostgraduate: Lin Jingying Supervisor: T

2、ang Gaoyuan Grade: 2003 Major: English Language and Literature Research Orientation: Language and CultureAbstractWith China’ s opening to the outside world, its entering into the World Trade Organization,and the inevitab

3、le trends of globalization of the world economy, intercultural communicationhas become an important part of our daily life. Meanwhile, culture shock is a commonexperience of people who have been suddenly transplanted abr

4、oad. West Street is an old andsimple street with a long history in Yangshuo, but it is known for its terrific image of “ globalvillage” , and “ the home of modern human being” , etc. Every year, it attracts thousands and

5、millions of visitors from all over the world. Most of them stay here for several days or weekseven several years. Many of them miss it so much even though they go back to their hometownsthat they come to West Street seve

6、ral times. Why do foreign travelers like staying at West Street?Why do they have the feeling of returning to their homes? Do they suffer greatly from cultureshock when they are at West Street? This current paper is going

7、 to answer these questions byanalyzing the cultural adaptation in Yangshuo West Street from the perspective of culturaldifferences.Chapter one is introduction. Then literature about intercultural communication, culturesh

8、ock, cultural adaptation, Yangshuo West Street and the definition of culture is reviewed inchapter two. Chapter three is a brief introduction of Yangshuo County and West Street.Yangshuo is one of the first counties in Ch

9、ina open to tourists from the outside world. InGuangxi, people always say that Guilin has the most beautiful mountains and water in the worldand Yangshuo is even more beautiful than Guilin! As an old and simple street in

10、 Yangshuocounty town, the West Street attracts countless foreign travelers, especially those backpackersevery year. Chapter four is about the multi- cultural elements in Yangshuo West Street. Inaddition to the terrific s

11、ceneries around it, West Street has the reputation of “ the folkmini- cultural United Nations” . It is a perfect model of Oriental culture, of globalization, and ofharmonious society. Most of the backpackers who stay at

12、West Street are from western countries;and the existing multi- cultural elements in Yangshuo West Street help them shorten their culturaladaptation processes because they can find something in common with their native cu