@article{ART003275265},
author={Kim Jeongin},
title={Contemporary Korean History Education and the Democracy Narrative},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2025},
volume={82},
number={4},
pages={171-208},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.82.4.202511.171}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kim Jeongin
TI - Contemporary Korean History Education and the Democracy Narrative
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2025
VL - 82
IS - 4
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 171
EP - 208
SN - 1598-3021
AB - This study analyzes the narrative of contemporary Korean democracy in eight High School Korean History 2 textbooks based on the 2022 revised curriculum and proposes reconstruction from a presentist perspective.
The pre-democratization narrative is structured around the dichotomy of dictatorship versus democratization movements, focusing on events while lacking discussion of contentious historical discourses such as anti-communism, development, nationalism, and democracy discourses.
The post-democratization narrative positions the government and civil society as the main actors in consolidating democracy and emphasizes peaceful power transitions but remains at the level of general descriptions without concrete historical narratives. This study suggests incorporating contentious historical discourses for the pre-democratization period and developing fact-based narratives for the post-democratization era.
KW - Korean Contemporary History Education;Democratic Narrative;;Presentist History Education;High School Korean History Textbook;Contentious;Historical Discourse;Historical Narrativization
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.82.4.202511.171
ER -
Kim Jeongin. (2025). Contemporary Korean History Education and the Democracy Narrative. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 82(4), 171-208.
Kim Jeongin. 2025, "Contemporary Korean History Education and the Democracy Narrative", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.82, no.4 pp.171-208. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.82.4.202511.171
Kim Jeongin "Contemporary Korean History Education and the Democracy Narrative" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 82.4 pp.171-208 (2025) : 171.
Kim Jeongin. Contemporary Korean History Education and the Democracy Narrative. 2025; 82(4), 171-208. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.82.4.202511.171
Kim Jeongin. "Contemporary Korean History Education and the Democracy Narrative" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 82, no.4 (2025) : 171-208.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.82.4.202511.171
Kim Jeongin. Contemporary Korean History Education and the Democracy Narrative. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 82(4), 171-208. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.82.4.202511.171
Kim Jeongin. Contemporary Korean History Education and the Democracy Narrative. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2025; 82(4) 171-208. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.82.4.202511.171
Kim Jeongin. Contemporary Korean History Education and the Democracy Narrative. 2025; 82(4), 171-208. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.82.4.202511.171
Kim Jeongin. "Contemporary Korean History Education and the Democracy Narrative" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 82, no.4 (2025) : 171-208.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.82.4.202511.171
