作为一位二十世纪美国南方的文学巨匠,威廉·福克纳十分关注社会动荡时期的人类发展和人类命运,并试图通过其文学作品帮助人类摆脱精神危机。本文旨在探讨他的短篇小说《熊》中两位福克纳式英雄身上所体现出的勇气精神。具体来说,勇气精神首先体现在一位史诗般的英雄身上,即一只老熊,面对人类工业文明对大自然造成的生态破坏,它勇敢地与人类进行着对抗。其次,勇气精神从艾克这位美国青少年四年的狩猎经历中得以体现,在狩猎经历中,艾克对人生有了新的领悟。 As a literary guru in the twentieth century in the South of the United States, William Faulkner paid great attention to the human development and human destiny during the social turmoil and tried to help mankind escape from the spiritual crisis through his literary works. This article aims to explore the courage embodied in the two Faulkner heroes in his short story Bear. Specifically, the spirit of courage is first and foremost manifested in an epic hero, an old bear. In the face of the ecological destruction caused by the industrial civilization of mankind, it courageously confronts mankind. Second, the spirit of courage is reflected in the four-year hunting experience of American teenager Ike. In the hunting experience, Ike has a new understanding of life.