【英文题名】 A Study of Generationally-Based Perceptions of the Spring Festival and Christmas
【作者】 杨莎;
【导师】 Steve Kulich; Michael Prosser;
【学位授予单位】 上海外国语大学;
【学科专业名称】 英语语言文学
【学位年度】 2008
【论文级别】 硕士
【网络出版投稿人】 上海外国语大学
【网络出版投稿时间】 2009-03-10
【关键词】 上海; 现代化; 西化; 春节; 圣诞节; 年轻人; 中老年人;
【英文关键词】 Shanghai; modernization; westernization; the Spring Festival; Christmas; young Chinese; middle-aged and older Chinese;
【英文摘要】 Recent years have brought a decline in the traditional flavor of long standing Chinese festivals, including the influential Spring Festival. Conversely, the Western celebration of Christmas seems to be more welcomed than the Spring Festival. Despite many discussions about the two festivals in China, few scholars made a comparison of the perceptions of the young people and middle-aged and older people reflected from the two festivals. Through interviewing twenty natives of Shanghai--ten students and te...