한국민주화운동 과정에서 대학생의 역할 : 5･18 광주민주화운동을 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the factors of the 5·18 Gwangju Democratization Uprising, its relationship with Christianity, and the role of university students at that time from a new perspective. The research results are as follows. First, in terms of the factors of the Uprising, the “12･12 military coup” within the military after 10･26, 1979 seems to have triggered the protest of university students across the country. Second, the expansion of emergency martial law through the ‘5･17 Emergency Action’, the ban on political activities, the arrest and imprisonment of democratic figures, and the closure of schools are thought to have provided the beginning of the 5･18. Third, the roles of the 5･18 Gwangju Democratization Uprising and university students were the Citizens Remediation Countermeasures Committee, direct support activities and active participation in the civil Uprising, and efforts to convey the truth of the Gwangju Democratic Uprising and spread it internationally. Fourth, during the democratization Uprising, university students read resolutions, anti-government rallies and demonstrations, and spread the truth about Gwangju to people around the world. In future research, it is necessary to examine the social participation of university professors in the process of the 5･18 Gwangju Democratization Uprising.