本文从民族文化和后殖民文化批评角度阅读了著名华裔小说家任碧莲 1991年出版的代表作长篇小说《典型美国人》 ,探讨了小说中表现出来的文化并置和杂交现象 ,指出任碧莲以敏锐的艺术感悟力和娴熟的笔法揭示了后殖民时期美国文化、美国身份和民族重新定义的现实 This essay, from the point of view of national culture and post-colonial culture, reads the famous Chinese novel “The typical American” published by famous Chinese novelist Ren Bailian in 1991, and explores the cultural juxtaposition and hybridization manifested in the novel. Sensibility and skilfulness reveal the reality of American culture, American identity and national redefinition in post-colonial times