Legacy of Folktales · Study Guide
Go Deeper Into the Final Girl Trope Without Losing the History Behind the Horror
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Watch the episode, then use the guide to trace the trope from Carol Clover through the slashers of the 80s into the present.
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Themes
survival, gender, gaze, and who horror lets live
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Discussion questions for film clubs, classrooms, and group watches
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Historical context
Carol Clover, second-wave feminism, and the slasher boom
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Reading and viewing references
films, essays, and scholarship
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Notes for deeper analysis: how the trope reads in Black horror and queer horror
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