英国作家霍勒斯·瓦尔浦尔(Horace Walpole,1717—1797)于1764年出版了小说《奥特兰托城堡》。这部作品被公认为是欧洲第一部哥特式小说,对后世文学产生了深远的影响。哥特小说,从狭义的角度来看,就是黑色小说的鼻祖;但从广义的角度而言,却折射了同一历史时期的社会文化现象。近年来不断有文学评论家从历史、社会、心理等不同的视角来解析《奥特兰托城堡》,但几乎没有评论家将该作品放 British writer Horace Walpole (1717-1797) published the novel “Castle of Otranto” in 1764. The work is widely recognized as the first Gothic novel in Europe and has had a profound impact on later literature. Gothic novels, from a narrow perspective, are the originators of black novels. However, in a broad sense, they reflect the social and cultural phenomena in the same historical period. In recent years, literary critics have constantly analyzed “Otranto Castle” from the perspective of history, society and psychology, but few critics have put the work into consideration