Finding Hidden Bang Jeonghwan —Focused on the controversy over Bang Jeonghwan’s pen name

This article critically examines the controversy over BangJeonghwan’s pen name that has lasted up until now. Lately, achallenging research that insists ‘三山人(Samsamin)’ and ‘雙S(SsangS)’ that have been known as Bang Jeonghwan’s representative pennames are Cha Sangchan’s was submitted. This means that thefoundation of research on Bang Jeonghwan has come to face crisis. Examining the discussions over Bang Jeonghwan’s pen names, wecan see that most of them rely on either retrospection or assumptionthat his pen names have been increased recklessly so far. Therefore, itis needed to distinguish his certain pen names from uncertain ones anddecide whether the uncertain pen names are really his or not. Aboveall, it is important to suggest an objective and positive ground. Examining the text in detail, this researcher has found that several pennames out of the uncertain ones should be Bang Jeonghwan’s based onclear clues. Particularly about pen names like ‘雨村(Woochon)’ or‘CW’ which was used by a number of authors at the same time, it isnecessary to distinguish Bang Jeonghwan’s text from others’ byconsidering such things as the media of publication, characteristics ofthe writing, and circumstantial ground synthetically. To decide whether a certain pen name is real or not is one of the mostconfusing areas in the research of modern literature along with the lossof material. It is because research conducted when a pen name is notyet certain may produce distorted results after all. Through thisresearch, it was possible to correct and complement errors around BangJeonghwan’s pen names and draw tasks to be done in follow-upresearch afterwards. It is expected that excavation and collection ofmodern magazine and material and also advancement in research onmodern literary persons will confirm a number of uncertain pen namesand lay a firm ground for foundational research.