题目（英文） Heroes and American spirit
题目（中文） 英雄主义，美国精神的容器
Heroes and American Spirit—An Analysis Based on American Movies and Literature
1. Introduction
1.1Research background
American heroes can be seen as a unique cultural phenomenon in the United States. This paper is to make a research into this topic and find a cultural explanation for the characteristics of American heroes by combining them with American spirit.
Up to now, the domestic studies on American heroes are abundant and they are mainly concentrated on the analysis of heroes in American movies and American literature from the perspective of individualistic heroism and cultural peculiarities (Li Caijin, 2011; Li Lizhen, 2012; Li Hong, 2013; Liu Xiaotong, 2015; Zou Cuiping, 2016, Zhou Tian , 2017; Wang Shuqin, 2017; etc.). The studies abroad on American heroes are relatively fewer than domestic studies, which mainly focus on the philosophical, cultural, political and psychological aspects to analyze the constitution of typical American heroes (Richard Reynolds, 1992; J.S. Lawrence & R. Jewett, 2002; Lauren N. Karp, 2012; etc.).
Through a comprehensive review of the domestic and overseas literature on the studies of American heroes, the author found that there is no domestic or overseas study currently that approaches American heroes by explaining their characteristics based on the essence of American spirit despite the abundant research into American heroes and American heroism.
