1930년대 민간 한글신문 학예면의 운영과 학술 기획

Abstract

This article explored the role and limitations of the the Arts & Culture Pages(hakye-myeon) of Dong-A Ilbo and Chosun Ilbo in the 1930s as a ‘non-institutional academic sphere.’ The increase in newspaper size in the late 1920s and the expansion of the academic pages after 1933 led to a significant increase in academic discourse. At the time, Korean public opinion expected the academic pages to contribute to the development of Korean culture, serve a comprehensive university-like role in disseminating knowledge, and provide popular academia. The operation of the academic department was stabilized, focusing on figures like Seo Hang-seok at Dong-A Ilbo and Hong Ki-mun at Chosun Ilbo, and academic capacity was strengthened through the invitation of external scholars as guest contributors or the appointment of editorial advisors. However, the academic pages suffered from instability in page allocation due to the logic of advertising revenue, and towards the end of the Japanese colonial period, projects conforming to the logic of wartime mobilization appeared. Furthermore, the editorial policy, which considered readability for the general public, led to the limitation of academic research becoming oriented toward mass appeal. Although the academic pages attempted to gather Korean academic capacity and compensate for the absence of institutional academic spheres, they ultimately formed a unique academic atmosphere within the constraints of commercialism, colonial reality, and the nature of journalism.