Global films that reflect social trends: Narrative strategies, Cultural Translation and Ideological Expression

This article examines global films as a medium for reflecting social trends, ex-ploring their narrative mechanisms and cultural functions. The study reveals that existentialist philosophy, through the multidimensional temporal narratives in films like 'The Nameless Man,' highlights the conflict between individual freedom and the absurd world. In the technological age, the politics of the body in 'Passionate' transforms into embodied social practices, addressing the dis-embodied challenges and identity anxieties of Generation Z. National ideol-ogy is invoked through the 'micro-macro narrative' of the 'Changjin Lake' series, which reconstructs historical memory and imagines a shared community. The phe-nomenon of cross-media convergence promotes deep integration between liter-ature and film, leading to a communication path that combines 'whole-to-part-to-micro-to-modify' and localized translation. Black humor, ex-emplified by 'Tomorrow Is Not Enough,' transforms social issues such as domes-tic violence into critical comedy. Through genre innovation and cultural trans-lation strategies, films break down communication barriers, allowing lo-cal ide-ologies to be expressed globally and playing an indispensable role in ide-ological construction and civilizational dialogue.

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Literature Language and Cultural Studies
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2025-06-24
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https://doi.org/10.63313/llcs.9050
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Media Studies and Communication
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Global films that reflect social trends: Narrative strategies, Cultural Translation and Ideological Expression

Xueshuang Luo
Literature Language and Cultural Studies
Media Studies and Communication
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Global films that reflect social trends: Narrative strategies, Cultural Translation and Ideological Expression

Xueshuang Luo
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This article examines global films as a medium for reflecting social trends, ex-ploring their narrative mechanisms and cultural functions. The study reveals that existentialist philosophy, through the multidimensional temporal narratives in films like 'The Nameless Man,' highlights the conflict between individual freedom and the absurd world. In the technological age, the politics of the body in 'Passionate' transforms into embodied social practices, addressing the dis-embodied challenges and identity anxieties of Generation Z. National ideol-ogy is invoked through the 'micro-macro narrative' of the 'Changjin Lake' series, which reconstructs historical memory and imagines a shared community. The phe-nomenon of cross-media convergence promotes deep integration between liter-ature and film, leading to a communication path that combines 'whole-to-part-to-micro-to-modify' and localized translation. Black humor, ex-emplified by 'Tomorrow Is Not Enough,' transforms social issues such as domes-tic violence into critical comedy. Through genre innovation and cultural trans-lation strategies, films break down communication barriers, allowing lo-cal ide-ologies to be expressed globally and playing an indispensable role in ide-ological construction and civilizational dialogue.

Literature Language and Cultural StudiesVol. 1(3)
Anhui University of Finance and Economics (CN)
Openalex Percentile: Top 83%
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