Abstract

     Araby, a short story from Dubliners, is a masterpiece of the famous Ireland novelist James Joyce. This paper begins with a brief introduction to the author and this novel, and then makes a brief analysis of the major symbols adopted in this story as well as their symbolic meaning, such as Araby, bazaar, Mangan’s sister, blind etc. This paper ends with the conclusion that the novelist’s ingenious use of symbolism contributes enormously to the manifestation of the theme of the short story, thus further reflects his strong disappointment towards the social reality of Dublin.

Key words: symbol, Araby, bazaar, Mangan’s sister, blind

摘 要

《阿拉比》是爱尔兰著名作家詹姆斯•乔伊斯的短篇小说集《都柏林人》中的一则短篇故事。本文从简要介绍该小说及其作家入手，进一步分析了故事中具有代表性的象征物的使用及其象征意义，如阿拉比、集市、曼根的姐姐、盲等等，并由此得出结论.作者在小说中象征手法的巧妙运用有助于深刻地揭示主题，从而进一步表现了作者对都柏林当时社会现状的强烈的失望之情.

关键词： 象征；阿拉比；集市；曼根的姐姐；盲

1. Introduction
Known as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, James Joyce has not only updated the skills of novel-writing, but also laid the foundation of modernism. James Augustine Aloysius Joyce is an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. Joyce is best known for Ulysses, a landmark novel which perfected his stream of consciousness technique and combined nearly every literary device available in a modern re-telling of The Odyssey. Other major works are the short-story collection Dubliners, and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Finnegans Wake, and his complete oeuvre includes three books of poetry, a play, occasional journalism, and his published letters.
Araby is a short novel from his short story collection Dubliners, which consists of 15 short stories, meant to be a naturalistic depiction of the Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written at the time when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They centered on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: a moment where a character has a special moment of self-understanding or illumination. Many of the characters in Dubliners later appeared in minor roles in Joyce's novel Ulysses.