摘 要

《阿拉比》是爱尔兰文学大师詹姆斯·乔伊斯的代表作.作者在《阿拉比》中广泛使用了象征手法，生动活泼地展现了爱尔兰少年在追求浪漫爱情中获取精神领悟的过程。

本文结合小说创作的时代背景, 选取三种典型象征意象，深刻分析了它们所蕴涵的丰富象征意义, 揭示出它们所共同表达的故事主题——精神瘫痪。本文选取的三个具有代表性的意象分别是灯光，街道和花园，它们在故事中不止出现了一次，每次出现都蕴含着不同的意义。独具匠心的象征手法的运用体现了乔伊斯新颖独特的创作技巧。乔伊斯正是通过不同意象的使用来反映当时社会的种种黑暗面。故事中的意象生动而贴近生活,使读者产生了强烈的共鸣。它们不仅意蕴丰富，同时也揭示了作品的主题, 使得《阿拉比》的文学价值和艺术魅力极高。

关键词：詹姆斯·乔伊斯；《阿拉比》；意象；精神瘫痪；爱尔兰

Contents

1. Introduction -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------1

2. Demonstration --------------------------------------------------------------------------------3

2.1 Araby and imagery --------------------------------------------------------------------------3

2.1.1 The social background and the theme of Araby --------------------------------------3

2.1.2 The role of imagery in revealing Moral Paralysis ------------------------------------4

2.2 Analysis of the images of Moral Paralysis -----------------------------------------------5

2.2.1 The lights ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------6

2.2.1.1 The lamps of the streets ----------------------------------------------------------------6

2.2.1.2 Light from the kitchen windows--------------------------------------------------------7

2.2.1.3 The distant lamp-------------------------------------------------------------------------7

2.2.1.4 Light in Araby Bazaar-------------------------------------------------------------------8

2.2.2 The streets----------------------------------------------------------------------------------8

2.2.2.1 North Richmond Street ----------------------------------------------------------------8

2.2.2.2 The flaring street ------------------------------------------------------------------------9

2.2.2.3 Buckingham Street --------------------------------------------------------------------10

2.2.3 The gardens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------11

2.2.3.1 The wild garden -----------------------------------------------------------------------11

2.2.3.2 Dark dripping gardens ----------------------------------------------------------------12

1. Conclusion ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------11

Works Cited -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13

Bibliography ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14

An Analysis of the Images of Moral Paralysis in Araby

1. Introduction

James Joyce (1882-1941) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde and is regarded as one of the most influential and important authors of the 20th century. Joyce is best known for Ulysses (1922), a landmark work in which the episodes of Homer's Odyssey are paralleled in a variety of literary styles, perhaps most prominently stream of consciousness. Other well-known works are the short-story collection Dubliners (1914), and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Finnegans Wake (1939). His other writings include three books of poetry, a play, his published letters and occasional journalism.

Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. There are fifteen stories in Dubliners with the same theme. The outstanding features of these fifteen stories are those details with visual effects and abundant images. Araby is the third short story of it, which mainly tells the story of a boy who tried to buy a worthy gift from the Araby Bazaar for a girl whom he falls in love with, but eventually failed in this quest. Through the eyes of the little boy, Joyce shows the outside world, that is, the world of adults. And it is not so beautiful as he imagined before, but a corrupted, degenerated and paralyzed society.