摘 要

最为美国超级英雄文化最杰出的代表之一，现如今美国队长在世界范围已被视作超级明星一般。作为美国流行文化的代表，超级英雄们不断地通过纸质媒介和大银幕向着世界传递着美式价值观。本文会着重分析超级英雄文化并借此机会发掘出此类文化流行的原因， 并将目光放在美国队长这个人物在漫画大事件“内战”中的矛盾性格，进而展现在美国流行文化折射下美式价值观之间的冲突。

关键词：美国队长; 超级英雄; 美式价值观；冲突

Contents

1. Introduction 1
2. Demonstration 2
   1. From comic to big screen: American Superhero 2
      1. An introduction to the history of Superhero comic 3
      2. The reasons of the popularity of Superhero movies 4
   2. Captain America: A fictional heroic idol 6
      1. A typical character of America mainstream culture 7
      2. Symbolization of Americanism 8
   3. Contradictory characterization in Big Event Civil War 8
      1. Big Event: Civil War 9
      2. Reflection of the conflicts of America values 10
         1. A liberal born in war 12
         2. A latter-day conservative 12
   4. The end of Captain America and his spirit 13
3. Conclusion 13

Works Cited 15

Bibliography 16

A Brief Analysis of the Contradictory Characterization of Superhero Captain America in Marvel’s Big Event Civil War

Introduction

The word ―Hero‖ has always been a conception regarding power and justice in earthling’s eyes. It’s not difficult to figure out that any country with a profound cultural background and centuries-old history has some heroic epics. These countries idolize the one who has the courage against the evil and shows mercy to the weak. Being passed down from generation to generation, historical events, even folktales have transferred into heroic legends. As the years go on, times has endowed the word

―hero‖ with different connotation.

There is clear evidence that a majority of superhero movies are coming out from Hollywood movie production line in recent years. However, the earliest movie that adapted from superhero comic is Captain Marvel which hit the big screen in 1941. With the development of Computer Graphics technology, this kind of fancy movie makes the dream come true and bring a brand new visual experience to ordinary people. Even though these movies never achieve a breakthrough in its plot and always follow a typical Hollywood story line. The ―superhero fever‖ has swept whole world and caused a heated discussion in the society.

The following table① shows the top ten best-seller movies in movie history

by the end of March 2016.

① The box office records shown in the form were added up from a movie website. See :lt; https://www.douban.com/doulist/1274560/ gt;

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Table one: World Box Office Record