A Study on the Reception of Meanings and Value Resonance of Anti-Japanese War Film and Television Character Dialogue among Youth Groups

Abstract

As an important medium of cultural memory, Anti-Japanese War film and television employs character dialogue not only as a narrative device but also as a core text that carries historical cognition and values. This study focuses on the reception process of Anti-Japanese War film and television character dialogue among youth groups, exploring the dynamic relationship between the meaning construction of the dialogue texts and the youth audience’s reception of meaning and value resonance. The research first analyzes how dialogue accomplishes the generation of meaning through its narrative functions, linguistic representation, and multi-layered signification. Subsequently, it delves into the complex reception mechanism of youth audiences, which is based on their pre-existing cognitive structures and horizons of expectation, involves the adoption of active decoding strategies, and integrates intergenerational experience with contemporary context. Finally, this study elucidates the pathway through which value resonance is generated: from emotional mobilization and empathy triggering, to the identification and internalization of core values, and further to the activation of collective memory and the potential shaping of identity. This paper aims to provide a micro-level interpretive framework, grounded in discourse analysis and reception theory, for understanding the cultural efficacy and identity-constructing function of historical film and television works among contemporary youth.