中美电影中成功职场女性形象的研究–《穿普拉达的女王》和《杜拉拉升职记》之比较On the Images of Successful Working Women in Chinese and American Movies — A Comparative Study of “The Devil Wears Prada” and “Go Lala Go”开题报告

1. 研究目的与意义（文献综述）

alongwiththeeconomicandculturalglobalization,movieplaysanincreasinglyimportantroleinreflectingpeople’sattitudetowardslifeandtheirvalue.besides,movieisamirrorwhichcanalsoreflectanation’scultureanditspeople’svalue.tosomeextent,amoviecanreflexacountry’seconomy,technologyandpeople’svalue.somescholarshavecomparedourmovieswithamericanmovies,andbasedonwhattheyhavefoundwecanlearnbetterfromwesternworld.thisdissertationcomparestheimagesofsuccessfulworkingwomeninchineseandamericanmovies,aimingtoanalyze,underdistinctculturalbackground,theirdifferentattitudestowardsworkandlife.

comparingthedifferentimagesofsuccessfulworkingwomeninchineseandamericanmoviescanhelpuslearnmoredifferencesbetweenchineseandamericanculturesandpeople’svalueonlife.itcanalsogiveussomeenlightenmentinourwork.wecanlearnsomeworkingprinciplesanditisreallybeneficialforourfuturework.thisdissertationmainlycomparesthetwotypicalmovies-‘thedevilwearsprada’and‘golalago’.firstly,thispaperwillcomparethetwomoviesintermsofcontent,theirsimilaritiesanddifferencesonthesuccessfulwoman’simage,andtheirdifferentworkatmosphere.secondly,itwillhaveafurtherdiscussionaboutthetwosuccessfulwoman’simagesinthetwomovies.eitherin‘thedevilwearsprada’or‘golalago’,theheroineandyandlalabothsucceedintheirwork,therearesomecommonthingsinthem,buttherearedifferentlifevaluesandgoalsintheirlife,andtheyrepresentdifferentlifevaluesandgoals.tosomeextent,theyrepresenttheirnation’slifegoalandattitudestowardslife.thirdly,thepaperwillanalyzethereasonwhythetwowomencanachievetheirgoal,andcomparetwokindsofworkingatmospherestheygetinvolvedin.differentkindsofcompaniescanhavedifferentworkingatmospheres,differentmanagementprinciples,anddifferentcompanycultures,letalonecompaniesunderdistinctculturalbackgrounds.thepaperalsoanalyzethefactorsthatattributiontothetwoheroine’ssuccess,whichcangiveussomeadviceinourfuturework.finally,thepaperwilldiscussthedistinguishedcultureinchinaandamerica.thetwomoviesreflecttwokindsofculturebackgrounds,anddifferentculturalvalue.chinahasalonghistory,whileamericaisrelativelyanewborncountry,surelytheydifferfromeachotherintermsofpeople’slifeattitude,dietaryhabit,customsandvalues.suchkindofdifferencescantracebacktotheirhistory,geographicposition,andsoon.itwilldiscussaboutitelaboratelyinthefinalpart.

tosumup,thisdissertationwillconcentrateoncomparingthedifferentsuccessfulworkingwoman’simagesin‘thedevilwearsprada’and‘golalago’,analyzethedifferentculturebackgroundandvaluetheyrepresent.ontheaverage,itaimstocompareamericanandchineselifevalue,culturalbackground,andtheircompany’satmosphere,whichcangivepeoplemoreinformationaboutthetwocultures,andhelpthemachieveworkgoal.

2. 研究的基本内容与方案

Thisdissertationisdividedmainlyintofourparts.Thefirstpartwillfocusonclarifyingtheresearchbackgroundandmeaning,introducingthestructureofthispaper.Secondly,thepaperwillanalyzethetwofilmsfromdifferentaspects:thethemes;thesimilaritiesanddifferences;thedifferentworkingatmospherewecanfeelfromthetwofilms.Thirdly,theemphasiswillbethecomparisonandanalysesofthetwosuccessfulworkingwoman’simages,discussingtheelementsrelatingtotheirsuccess.Finally,theessaybasicallyanalyzesthedifferentculturalvaluesthetwomoviesrepresent.ItaimstoresearchontheimagesofsuccessfulworkingwomeninChineseandAmericanmovies,differentattitudestowardsworkandlife,anddifferentculturebackground.

Thebasisstepstofinishthedissertationareasfollows.Firstly,searchmaterialsofthetwomovies‘TheDevilWearsPrada’and‘GoLalaGo’,watchthemandreadrelatedmaterials.Secondly,readsomeprofessionalarticlesaboutthetopicandgetaconclusionfromthem.Thirdly,tocollectrelatedmaterials,suchasmovies’videoandprofessionalanalysisaboutthemtoprepareforthepaper.Fourthly,writetheoutlineandtheopeningreport,andmakeadetailedplanforthepaper.Atthesametime,keepintouchwithtutortoaskrelatedquestionsandreportprogress.Finally,makeaelaborateresearchonthetopicindependently,readrelatedworksandthenwritethefirstdraft.Thenreviseitwiththehelpoftutor.

3. 研究计划与安排

before20thjanuary:settlementofthetitle

before20thmarch:submissionoftheoutline

before25thapril:submissionofthefirstdraft

4. 参考文献（12篇以上）

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