女性哥特式的概念最早在美国女作家埃伦·莫尔斯的《女文人》中得到阐释,她认为,女性哥特式是女性作者用来表现身处于奴隶制度下的女性,她们对这种不公平对待的世俗反抗精神。女性哥特式小说所具有的典型特点是其固有的神秘感、类似于古城堡的阴暗封闭空间、鬼魂幽灵以及女性的焦虑等,它所能表达出的是女性对于身处的环境、威胁的恐惧以及内心对不公平的奴隶制度的反抗。 The concept of female Gothic was first illustrated in The Woman Writer of American woman writer Ellen Morse, who considered female Gothic as a female author who used to express her feminism in slavery The unfair treatment of the secular spirit of resistance. Female Gothic novel has the typical characteristics of its inherent mystery, similar to the ancient castle of the dark enclosed space, ghost ghosts and women’s anxiety, etc. It can express the women in the environment, threatening Fear and inner resistance to unfair slavery.