Abstract:This thesis aims at revealing the blind confidence and worship of British and Siamese toward their own nations in Anna and the King from the perspective of ethnocentrism. In this way, it can motivate people to reflect their own ethnocentric behaviors and their prejudice against other cultures, so that people can change their old thoughts and broaden their horizon to be more impartial to other different cultures. The research paper will introduce the definition of ethnocentrism at first. Then typical characters and conversations embodying ethnocentrism in the novel Anna and the King will be analyzed to help explain the causes and negative effects of it. Proposal to the future research about this topic will be raised in the end. Since few scholars have analyzed ethnocentrism in Anna and the King till now, problems about ethnocentrism in this novel are revealed to draw people’s attention to reflect their ethnocentrism and improve their behavior. Therefore, such negative ethnic superiority and obstacles in the cross-cultural communication can be reduced for better understanding and inclusiveness among nations in the world and help promote development of advanced cultures.
Key words: ethnocentrism; Anna and the King; cross-cultural communication
摘要:本论文拟通过分析小说《安娜与国王》里英泰两国人民对本民族的盲目自信与崇拜现象，让人们在看清自己也存有此种心态的同时，改善不足，通过学习、领会和接受更多不同的文化，客观地看待其它民族与文明。希望有助于消除此种消极的民族优越感、消除跨文化交际中的障碍，促进民族间的包容与交流，促进世界先进文化的发展。本论文将先对民族中心主义的定义进行介绍，然后从小说《安娜与国王》中体现民族中心主义的情节人物性格与对白进行举例分析，并重点分析讨论产生此现象的原因与消极影响，最后对将来的研究方向提出建议。因至今很少学者从《安娜与国王》入手来剖析民族中心主义这一问题，本文将揭示该小说中有关民族中心主义的问题，从而引起人们的关注并反省自身存在的民族中心主义心态、改善自身行为。
关键词：民族中心主义；《安娜与国王》；跨文化交际
