Abstract：Antoine de Saint-Expiry (1900—1944) is one of the most famous French writers who has a very particular life experience and takes flying as his novel’s background and creative material during the mid-twentieth century. His work, The Little Prince is regarded as one of his most important and classical works for its literary values. Although published many times, the book still sells well in the market. The paper tries to explore the skillful adoption of symbolism in the novel by fusing several kinds of symbolic meanings and various elements of the book together to catch the readers’ interests in a very simple plot. At the same time, through this paper, we can find that Antoine profoundly expresses all inward journeys. This paper focuses on the analysis of the artistic techniques used in The Little Prince in the light of symbolism. What’s more, through such analysis the author hopes readers can make a better appreciation of The Little Prince and will not forget the most primitive happiness and purity, the responsibility for love, friendship.

Key words: Antoine de Saint-Exupery; The Little Prince; Symbolism; images

摘要：有着奇特人生经历的安东尼·德·圣埃克絮佩里（1900-1944）是一位以飞行为小说创作背景和题材的法国作家。他是二十世纪中期法国著名作家的杰出代表。其代表作《小王子》在世界文学史上有着重要价值，成为人们珍视的经典著作.虽然这本书已出版好长时间了，但这本书的销售量仍很好。在这部作品中，安东尼把多重象征意义融进了小说诸要素。他运用象征主义的表现手法，在十分简单易懂的故事情节中展现给读者小王子的形象，同时深刻地展现出作者一个重生的心路历程。本文旨在对小说的创作方法进行分析，从象征主义这方面对作品进行探讨，论述了象征主义在《小王子》中的运用。作者希望读者能对《小王子》有个更好的理解，并且希望读者不要忘记最原始的快乐、纯真和对爱与友情的责任。

关键词：安东尼；小王子；象征主义；意象