安布鲁斯.毕尔斯(Ambrose Gw innett B ierce)是十九世纪末二十世纪初美国短篇小说家。他的名字虽鲜为中国读者所熟知,但“辛辣毕尔斯“的绰号至今仍在美国家喻户晓。毕尔斯的战争短篇小说,以新颖独特的构思、诙谐辛辣的语言、简洁的创作风格,表现出对健康人性的强烈关注、对战争的深切反思。本文通过对其战争小说进行通观性分析,试图揭示蕴含于简洁诙谐的创作风格中的深刻而严肃的主题意义和多样的艺术手法。 Ambrose Gw innett Bierce is an American short story of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Although his name is rarely known to Chinese readers, the nickname “Spicy Bills” is still widely known in the United States. Bills’ war short stories show strong concern for healthy human nature with novel and unique ideas, witty and spicy language and concise style of creation, and deeply reflect on the war. Through a generalized analysis of its war novels, this article attempts to reveal the profound and serious theme and the variety of artistic techniques contained in the concise and witty style of writing.