《红色英勇勋章》是美国19世纪末自然主义作家斯蒂芬·克莱恩的代表作,该作品最大的特色在于作者发挥自己充分的想象,运用印象主义手法再现了一位年轻士兵弗莱明对于英勇勋章认识的转变,在此,作者借用了宗教这一中介力量,促使弗莱明道德意识的产生,从中也透视出作者对于人性问题的关注。本文从印象主义手法、存在的思考以及伦理叙事三个方面入手,阐释作者如何运用宗教的力量达到弗莱明对于自我认识的转化。斯蒂芬·克莱恩堪称为美国自然主义文学先驱,他常用 The “Red Heroes Medal” is the representative work of the naturalist writer Stephen Klein at the end of the 19th century in the United States. The most striking feature of this work is that the author fully exerted his imagination and used impressionism to reproduce Flemings’ understanding of the bravery of a young soldier In this case, the author borrows the power of religion as an intermediary to promote the emergence of Flemming’s moral consciousness. From this perspective, the author is also able to see the author’s concern about the issue of human nature. This article begins with three aspects of impressionism, existential thinking and ethical narration, and explains how the author uses the power of religion to achieve Fleming’s transformation of self-awareness. Stephen Crane, a pioneer of naturalistic American literature, is commonly used