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DESCRIPTION:This paper examines how the colonial past is represented in sec
 ondary school history textbooks across national and world history narrativ
 es in South Korea and Spain. The two cases offer a compelling comparison\,
  as South Korea experienced colonial subjugation under Japanese imperial r
 ule\, whereas Spain was a major imperial power with a long history of over
 seas expansion. By juxtaposing these two cases\, the study seeks to illumi
 nate how differing historical positions shape the discursive construction 
 of the colonial past within both national memory and world history narrati
 ves. Drawing on Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL)\, it analyses textbo
 ok passages addressing colonial expansion and decolonization in world hist
 ory sections\, alongside national history chapters dealing with Japanese c
 olonial rule in Korea and Spain’s colonial expansion in the Americas.\nF
 indings indicate that both countries predominantly employ Material process
 es\, presenting colonial history as a sequence of dynamic actions. However
 \, substantial differences emerge in agency and evaluation. In South Korea
 ’s textbooks\, the colonized frequently appear as active agents in both 
 national and world historical narratives. Colonial experiences are consist
 ently framed as a morally charged domain: the colonizers are typically eva
 luated negatively through judgment\, while the colonized are positively po
 sitioned as active agents of resistance. In contrast\, Spain’s textbooks
  construct the colonizer as the primary active participant in both nationa
 l and world history narratives. Abstract actors such as institutions and s
 ystems also appear prominently as active agents. Rather than foregrounding
  moral judgment\, Spain’s narratives tend to evaluate colonialism throug
 h institutional or structural appreciation\, producing a comparatively det
 ached and neutral framing. \nThis comparative study highlights the role of
  linguistic choices in mediating the colonial past within historical disco
 urse and contributes to a deeper understanding of the discursive mechanism
 s through which official histories legitimize or distance themselves from 
 colonial heritage.
DTSTAMP:20260412T140203Z
LOCATION:Room 201 (Seats 42)
SUMMARY:Colonial Pasts between National Memory and World History: A Compara
 tive Linguistic Analysis of South Korea and Spain’s History Textbooks - 
 Soeun Lee
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/HH7VYB/
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