To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel in the Gothic fiction genre.
As a Southern Gothic novel and a Bildungsroman , the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence .	Southern Gothic	Southern Gothic	Bildungsroman	Bildungsroman
Southern Gothic is a subgenre of Gothic fiction in American literature that takes place in the American South .	Gothic fiction	Gothic fiction	American literature	American literature	American South	Southern United States
