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The purpose of this study is to trace the method of shaping the apartment space in modern korean novels. Apartment appears in history of korean novel for the first time in 1930's. In the novel which written by Yoo Jin-o and Chae Man-sik, a figure of an apartment is drawn. But they are very different building to present apartment. Perhaps the earliest novels which drawing the modern people's life of absurdity are Cho Jeong-rae's A Sloping Shady Spot and Park Wan-seo's Similar Rooms. The former is an observation of outsider's view, the latter is a report of the life in the apartment. Choi In-ho's Equatorial Flower is a novel which reflects the age of apartment. In this novel, we can find various life appearances in apartment space. After 1990's the lives of apartment are more settled, apartment turns into more unbearable space. Apartment is a place that the homogeneity of people's imagination or desire and standardization of lives are accomplished.