在臺灣文學的發展中，關於臺北的書寫一直是多元而獨特的。本文聚焦於日治時期以來以小說及散文為主的臺北城市書寫。一方面借由不同的書寫城市方式以及不同時期的不同區域故事形成，觀察其是如何展現城市的生活經驗；另一方面將探討文本裡的空間區隔如何建立，又如何展現著變化中的時代，歷史記憶，場所精神，以及文學的現代性。事實上，都市文學是結合文學與地理學的表意過程。文學作品不僅是描繪了該一區域，更協助創造／再現了這些地方。就臺北城的文學書寫的整理與觀察，文本與地景應不再分立於想像與實際的兩端，而是文學文本裡的實際性質以及地理文本的想像特性的一種結合並現。
In the development of Taiwan literature, the literary landscapes of Taipei have been plural and unique. This paper discusses the literary landscapes of Taipei which topic had written through prose or novels. Through different ways of writing about the city and different forms of the region-story from different periods, this paper observes how those works tell us about the nature of urban life. On the other hand, what is more concerned are the discussions on how spatial divisions are established, and how the changing periods, the historical memory, the spirit of a place and the modernity are being conveyed. In fact, urban literature is a process of signification which connects literature with geography. Those writings not only describe these regions but also help to invent these places. Therefore, this paper will finally go beyond the simple classification which regard literature and geography as different concepts (one imaginative and one factual) and further combine and present both 'worldliness of literary texts and the imaginativeness of geographical texts'.
