《等待野蛮人》是南非白人小说家J.M.库切的一部寓言体小说,通过描写帝国假象的敌人“野蛮人”企图袭击边境小镇的故事揭露了殖民者的种种暴行:对自然界生物的猎杀,对“野蛮人”实施酷刑,以及对边境小镇宁静生活的破坏;其目的就是想要达到殖民统治,但是由于被殖民者的反抗,殖民者最终等来的是霸权统治梦想的破灭。本文基于后殖民理论对小说进行分析,旨在揭示帝国殖民统治的暴行,以及其失败的原因。 Waiting for the Barbarian is a fable novel by JM Coetzee, a white South African novelist who attempts to attack the border town by describing the imperial illusion of the “barbarian” as an attempt to expose the atrocities committed by colonialists: The killing, the torture of the “barbarians” and the devastation of the peaceful life of border towns; the aim is to achieve colonial rule, but by the colonialists’ resistance the settlers eventually came under hegemony Dreams burst. This article analyzes the novel based on the theory of post-colonialism in order to reveal the atrocity of imperial colonial rule and the reasons for its failure.