S2024-G012

Literary Witnesses: Writing Democracy and Resistance

Content

Literary Witnesses: Writing Democracy and Resistance explores how writers transformed trauma into testimony and resistance into art. From the grassroots education of Deulbul (Wildfire) Night School to Hwang Sok-yong’s powerful narratives and Han Kang’s Nobel Prize-winning works, literature became a vessel for memory and healing. Lee Jae-ui’s documentary diary and Kim Jun-tae’s poetry preserve the voices of May 18, ensuring that democratic ideals live on through the written word.

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• Literary Witnesses: Writing Democracy and Resistance
  • Deulbul Night School and Nokdu Bookstore
  • Fictional Portrayals of the May 18 Democratic Uprising: Literature
  • Hwang Sok-yong: Remembering the May 18 Democratic Uprising through Words
  • From Gwangju to the World: Nobel Prize Laureate Han Kang
  • Recording the Events of the May 18 Democratic Uprising: Gwangju Diary by Lee Jae-eui
  • Poet Kim Jun-tae: Remembering Gwangju and the May 18 Democratic Uprising