《典型的美国佬》是任璧莲的代表作。这部小说具有独特的艺术特色,尤其体现在运用了意象和反讽手法上。在意象上,大量自然意象和人文意象的描写使小说意蕴深厚;在反讽上,主要采用命运反讽、戏剧反讽和字面反讽的手法使小说具有幽默讽刺性。 “Typical American” is Ren’s masterpiece. This novel has unique artistic features, especially in the use of imagery and irony. In the imagery, a large number of descriptions of natural images and humanistic images make the novels profound. In irony, the novel employs fiction irony, dramatic irony and literal irony to make the novel humorous and satirical.