【正确答案】正确答案：Southern Gothic is a distinctly American sub-genre of Gothic fiction, setting largely but not exclusively in the Southern American. Southern Gothic employs elements such as the horrific, the violent, the unorthodox, or the supernatural. It conveys a sense of uncertainty through bizarre twists, violence and moral ambivalence to create suspense, while also using it to explore the social, political, and racial issues of America.