西方哥特式小说兴起于18世纪的法国大革命之后,以现实主义和浪漫主义相结合的手法,批判现实主义丑恶,试图在社会政治方面重新挽回和谐、公平的局面。但是,过去是不可能取代现代的,因此,哥特式小说作者大胆改进写作方略,革新传统审美理论,大量恢复和使用神话、暴力、神秘、悬念、奇幻等哥特式元素,以增加小说的意义含混性。含混的手法有力地揭露了历史转型期现代社会的黑暗,抒发了人们对美好社会的憧憬,增强了哥特 After the rise of the French Gothic fiction in the 18th century, the western gothic novel criticized the realism ugly in the way of combination of realism and romanticism and attempted to restore the harmonious and fair social and political situation. However, the past can not replace the modern one. Therefore, the authors of Gothic novels boldly improve their writing strategies, innovate the traditional aesthetic theory, and restore and use a large amount of Gothic elements such as myths, violence, mystery, suspense and fantasy in order to increase the novel’s Meaning is mixed. Ambiguous ways strongly exposed the darkness of modern society during the historical transition, expressed the people’s vision of a better society, enhanced the Gothic