Comparative Study of Chinese and Western Cultural Differences in British and American Literature

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10.2991/iceemt-18.2018.115How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Cultural background; British and American literature; Differences; History; Taste

Abstract

Culture is the content that contains the history, tradition, custom, lifestyle, ideology of a country or nation. Different countries and nations in the world all have their unique cultural deposits. Culture is a social phenomenon and the result of human's long-term life experience. The differences between Chinese and western cultures are reflected in many aspects, one of the typical representatives of culture is literature. By analyzing the differences between Chinese and western cultures and the process of the formation and development of western culture, this paper explains how Chinese people should effectively read British and American literature to improve their appreciation and understanding of western culture, and explores the differences between Chinese and western cultures.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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