《魔种》是英籍印度裔2001年诺贝尔文学奖得主奈保尔的封笔之作。小说情节简单,语言精练,没有过多的修饰,但故事的内涵却异常地丰富,这主要得益于作家在小说中象征主义手法的运用。本文拟从小说的标题,人物生存的社会空间、私人空间及小说的框架结构等方面阐释“魔种”的象征意义。 “Magic species” is the seal of the British Indian Nobel Prize winner 2001 Naipaul pen. The novel has simple plot, concise language and no excessive modification, but the content of the story is exceptionally rich, which is mainly due to the use of symbolism by writers in the novel. This article intends to explain the symbolic meaning of “the devil” from such aspects as the title of the novel, the social space in which the characters live, the private space and the frame structure of the novel.