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.