ABSTRACT This paper aims to study The little Prince from the perspective of existentialism. The Little Prince is a fairy story written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It deserves the honor of a classic model of children literature in the world. As a classic work, it is still brilliant and full of charm after the long time screening and washing in history. Through The Little Prince, readers can see a puzzled Saint-Exupéry stand on the ruin of wars and religions. Since it was released in 1942, The Little Prince has successfully gained reputation throughout the world.
This paper consists of an introduction, a literature review, the main body and a conclusion.46183
The first part is an introduction, which mainly make a brief introduction to The Little Prince and points out the great significance of analysis of The Little Prince from the perspective of existentialism.
The second part is a literature review. It analyses former studies on The Little Prince and explains the disadvantages and advantages of these studies.
The third part is the main body of this paper. It lists the existential representations in The Little Prince. It also consists of the three parts. The first part is three basic existential states of the main characters. Absurdity, loneliness and angst are included. The second part is the significance of essence. It mainly talks about the meaning of snake, fox and rose’s essence. The last part is the choice of the little prince. It consist of the two parts, one is the little prince’s liberation; another one is the pilot’s disappointment.
The lat one is conclusion. It summarizes the contents discussed in previous parts and makes a description of the defects of the paper. Through the study of The Little Prince from perspective of existentialism, this paper helps readers get a deeper understanding of the fairy tale. Mankind should focus on their existential condition, future and fate.  
Keywords: existentialism; absurdity; anxiety; choice
 摘要本论文试图从存在主义角度出发分析安东尼•德•圣•爱克苏佩里小说《小王子》。《小王子》是世界儿童文学的经典。作为一个经典的为学作品,不管通过多长时间的洗礼，它仍然富有内涵并且令人深思。通过阅读这本经典的童话故事,读者可以看到作者正困惑站在一片废墟之上。自1942年出版以来,《小王子》得到全世界人民的欢迎。
本文由导论，文献综述，正文，结论三部分组成，主要内容如下。
第一部分是导论，主要介绍了《小王子》的地位及用存在主义分析《小王子》所带来的意义。
第二部分是文献综述，这介绍了国内外的关于该课题的研究现状及存在的问题。
第三部分是本文的主体。主要是从存在主义的角度出发来分析《小王子》。它也是由三个部分组成。第一部分是用荒谬,孤独和焦虑 来分析主要人物。第二部分是存在意义。主要讨论了蛇，玫瑰， 狐狸的存在意义。最后一部分是小王子的选择。它包括两部分,一个是小王子的解脱;另一个是飞行员的失望。
最后一部分是结论，通过从存在主义的角度来分析《小王子》。 令读者对这篇童话故事有更深层次的了解。并且提醒读者关注自己的生存条件，命运和未来。
毕业论文关键词：存在主义；荒诞；焦虑；选择
 Table of Contents
1    Introduction    1
2    Literature Review    2
3    Existentialism    3
3.1    The Origin and Development of Existentialism    3
3.2    Sartrean Existentialism and Its Main Concepts    4
3.2.1    Existence and Essence    4
3.2.2    Absurd World    4 从存在主义角度分析安东尼•德•圣•爱克苏佩里小说《小王子》 :http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_47845.html