Abstract
The studies of relationship between historical events and popular culture have mainly focused on the Western perspective. However, there are few studies with regard to the relationship between the Kwangju Uprising and commercial films. This paper deals with the representations of the Kwangju Uprising in both A Petal (Jang, Sung-Woo; 1996) and May 18 (Kim, Ji-Hoon; 2007), based on the concepts of both identity and the ideological roles of Althusser. The research question is how is the Kwangju Uprising represented in both Korean films? Textual analysis is used as the method. This paper is composed of four parts: 1. the identity and representation; 2. "history-in Kwangju" and Kwangju Uprising in 1980; 3. the Kwangju Uprising in both A Petal and May 18; 4. representation of the Kwangju Uprising in both A Petal and May 18.
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