『문장』의 신인 추천제 연구

A recommendation system of Munjang succeeded to prize competition of Chosunmundan and developed it. Munjang successfully institutionalized the system which, through 3 times recommendation process, scouted for budding writers, brought them up, perfected them and sent them into the literary world. Munye, published after the liberation of Korea, followed the recommendation system of Munjang and was acknowledged its authority in the literary world. Chosunmundan, Munjang and Munye as pure literary magazines were leaded by writers who asserted pure literature and serious literature. Comments after selecting a prizewinnig work guided contributors by examining their works very carefully and became the method of naturally spreading pure literature and serious literature, not depending on certain ism or doctrine. Munjang produced total 29 writers. In Sijo part, Jo Nam-ryeong, the only one who completed 3 times recommendation is noticeable. Within Munjang group, the possibility of modern Sijo became almost an established fact and was included in the recommendation system, however, the literary world was quite skeptical about it. Jo Nam-ryeong who won literary contest in spring and published his works in influential media was once again recommended as a Sijo poet and this greatly supported Munjang's intention to include Sijo in modern literature. Among 3 parts of recommendation system of Munjang, poetry obtained excellent results in quantity and quality. The recommendation process for Jo Ji-hoon was the most positive case in 3 times recommendation system of Munjang. This was because poetry was the most suitable genre to be guided through comments after selecting a prizewinnig work and Jeong Ji-yong guided strictly and sincerely with his outstanding sense and appreciative eye. Standards for selecting a prizewinning work suggested by Lee Tae-joon was too much complicated as to give a narrow-minded impression. In his writing 'For a Writer Aspirant'. Lee mentioned educational backgrounds of contributors and this openly revealed his attitude to exclude or prefer a specific contributor. He also commented on the unity of speech and writing and this made people to have doubts whether he set the standards of judging the value of literary works over the reality.