《贝奥武甫》是英语文学作品的开山巨著,被誉为盎格鲁——萨克逊民族的民族史诗。诗歌塑造的英雄人物贝奥武甫勇猛神武、刚正不阿。《高文爵士与绿衣骑士》是英语韵文浪漫传奇诗的杰出代表,是中世纪封建贵族文化的精髓。诗中的高文爵士表现了勇敢真诚、信守承诺的骑士精神。这两首长诗塑造的两个英雄形象广为传诵,诗歌赋予了他们相似的品质但也各有侧重,突出了不同的英雄风貌。本文将从故事细节出发,对比分析这两首长诗蕴含的英雄气概及其反映的文化内涵。 Beowulf is a monumental masterpiece of English literature and is praised as a national epic of the Anglo-Saxon people. Beauvoir, hero of the poetry, was brave and fiercely determined. “Sir Galvin and the Green Knight” is an outstanding representative of romantic verse of English verse, which is the quintessence of medieval feudal aristocracy. Sir Gao Wen in the poem shows the knight spirit of being brave and sincere, keeping his promises. The two heroic figures created by the two long poems are widely read, and their poems give them similar qualities but they also have different emphases, highlighting different heroic styles. This article will proceed from the details of the story, comparative analysis of the heroic spirit contained in these two poem and its reflection of the cultural connotation.