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The purpose of this study is to examine the space recognition and meaning of ‘Hanyang(漢陽)’ and ‘Kyungsung(京城)’ in poetry in the early 20th centuries. Some changes happened in Seoul on modernizing period and the city of Seoul has been described variously in literary texts. Especially there are some differences of the space recognition between Hanyang and Kyungsung. Hanyang has been often described as a ‘Hanyangsung(漢陽城)’ and the expression of Hanyangsung reflects hierarchy of place. Sometimes Hanyang has been described as a metonym of chosun(朝鮮) dynasty and a symbol of the national destiny. The space recognition of Hanyang is diachronic and superimposed. Unlike Hanyang, Kyungsung has been often described with the other’s eyes and the space recognition is superficial. Sometimes Kyungsung has been described as a space of urbanism and enlightenment. The space recognition of Kyungsung is synchronic and superimposed.