E2024-G091

Fictional Portrayals of the May 18 Democratic Uprising: Literature

Narrative

The May 18 Democratic Uprising has been portrayed in numerous novels and poems. Although they are fictional tales, the capture the emotions and sentiments of the uprising. Among those that have been translated into or originally composed English, there are the novels Human Acts by Han Gang, The Old Garden by Hwang Sok-yong, The Seed of Joy by William Amos, There a Petal Silently Falls by Choe Yun, and the poem "Gwangju, Cross of Our Nation" by Kim Tae-jun and book of poems "Dance Dance Revolution" by Cathy Park Hong.