【正文】 of American Typical Cinema 3. Analysis of the Motifs of Chinese Typical Cinema 54. American Heroism: Heroes of Common People 6 . Traditional Heroism in American Movie 6. Heroism in “Forrest Gump”75. Chinese Heroism: the Deification of Heroes and the New Heroism 8. Heroes in Traditional Chinese Movie 8. New Heroism 96. Comparison between American and Chinese Heroisms 10Conclusion10References12AcknowledgementsI wish to thank Professor Dong Jianqiao for his valuable suggestions on earlier versions of this article. My thanks also go to Uncle Liu for assistance in access to the Internet. I especially thank my family and friends for their morale support. Thanks to my roommates for their helpful discussion and ments on the manuscript.Abstract amp。 Key WordsAbstract: Hero is the eternal topic and dream of human beings. Reflected in movies and TV plays, heroism is a foremost theme in both western and Chinese cultures. By paring different interpretations of heroism, the differences between western and Chinese cultures can be observed. In this study, American cinema, especially Hollywood movie, is chosen as the representative of the western cinema.First of all, the nature and personality of heroes are studied. From the angle of analytic psychology, heroism is an original desire in opposition to the alien forces in the nature. Secondly, the themes of both American and Chinese film industry are discussed. Thirty films winning Oscars and the feature films of Beijing Film Studio are analyzed in the terms of similarity of heroism as the main theme. Thirdly, the interpretation of heroism in American movie is discussed. Several boxoffice hit films are chosen to analyze the form of heroism. The movie “Forrest Gump” is attached great importance to, observing the heroism that American masses pursuit. Then, the interpretation of heroism in Chinese movie is discussed. Traditional view on heroism is discussed with “Drawn Sword” as an example to analyze the new trend of Chinese heroism. Finally, the two kinds of heroisms are pared, and then a new angle of view to study the cultural differences between the West and China is introduced.Key Words: heroism, parison, cultural distinction, Hollywood, Chinese movie.摘要：英雄是人類永恒的追求和夢(mèng)想。首先，討論英雄的本質(zhì)和品性。最后對(duì)比這兩種英雄主義，及其隱含在背后的中西方文化差異。 which form it will take out of the many he uses as examples depends on what circumstances into which a hero is born. In a sense, Carlyle39。 on the other hand, human, after all, is a senior animal that is doomed to rottenness. It is this fundamental constraint human suffers that results in the unaware revolt, that is, the heroic impulse: in order to resist the absurd destiny, human employs kinds of regulations and relations such as religion, morality, love, authority and art to try to construct some “causa sui project” so as to be superior and even eternal. (李啟軍,2004)However, what we should point out is, although the fear to death is the most internal motivation of humans, in reality, the revolt to death may evolve that to all the forces similar to threat of death. The external appearance of heroism may be the dedication to some “causa sui project” and great acplishment, but when one’s existence is denied, the desire to survive is also an action of hero.The essence of hero is an enterprising and irrepressible life force when human beings suffer from the oppression and distortion of all the alien forces including death and nature. Just because hero is the embodiment of will and force that stand in reality and look into the future, hero is the motivation pushing history and society forward. When great social transformations or ideological changes take place, some old types of heroes will exit while new ones e on stage. This is concordant with the regulation of metabolism of the world. However, people in the metabolism feel difficult to adjust from emotion to thinking, thus dizziness results. They contradict new heroes and oppose new heroic discourse model. On one hand, they miss old heroes extremely and lament the extinction of them。 Oscar means hit boxoffice and hit boxoffice means Oscar. The fact that the heroic films of Hollywood hold a high position in Oscar illustrates that consuming heroism is right the social psychology of people. Social psychology directly reflects culture in a society. By paring the heroic motif of American and Chinese films, we can observe the differences between American and Chinese cultures. . Analysis of the Motifs of Chinese Typical CinemaWe choose all the feature films produced by Beijing Film Studio on 1994, and then analyze their motifs. 23 feature films were produced with 13 films treating heroism and 10 films romance. The similarity of the studies on Oscar and Beijing Film Studio lies in that they both reflect that hero is the basic motif of modern films. (李啟軍, 2004)It is necessary to make clear why we select the films produced by BFS in 1994. First, BFS produced more movies than any other in1994, so the sample is objective and representative.Second, most importantly, the middle 1990s is a period showing the fundamental transformation of Chinese cinema and changes in the motion picture law. In China, the film industry followed the pattern of planned econo