Contempary debates in film theory:
Explain and discuss the ways in which the work of Carol Clover challenges psychoanalytic paradigms of audience identification and narrative construction. Assess whether the challenge forms a convincing refutation of the psychoanalytic models in relation to ONE film text.
Reading:
Carol Clover, ‘Her Body, Himself’ (p21-64) in Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the
Modern Horror Film, Princeton University Press, 1992.
Further Reading:
Carol Clover, ‘Getting Even’ (p114-165) in Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the
Modern Horror Film, Princeton University Press, 1992.