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Final Girl: Analysis of the Slasher Film Trope
Zadar: University of Zadar, 2018. urn:nbn:hr:162:197224
Horvat, Ana
University of Zadar
Department of English

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Horvat, A. (2018). Final Girl: Analysis of the Slasher Film Trope (Master's thesis). Zadar: University of Zadar. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:197224

Horvat, Ana. "Final Girl: Analysis of the Slasher Film Trope." Master's thesis, University of Zadar, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:197224

Horvat, Ana. "Final Girl: Analysis of the Slasher Film Trope." Master's thesis, University of Zadar, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:197224

Horvat, A. (2018). 'Final Girl: Analysis of the Slasher Film Trope', Master's thesis, University of Zadar, accessed 24 November 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:197224

Horvat A. Final Girl: Analysis of the Slasher Film Trope [Master's thesis]. Zadar: University of Zadar; 2018 [cited 2024 November 24] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:197224

A. Horvat, "Final Girl: Analysis of the Slasher Film Trope", Master's thesis, University of Zadar, Zadar, 2018. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:197224

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TitleFinal Girl: Analysis of the Slasher Film Trope
Title (croatian)Final Girl: analiza ključnog elementa slasher filma
AuthorAna Horvat
MentorMarko Lukić (mentor)
Committee memberMarko Lukić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberRajko Petković (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberTomislav Kuzmanović (član povjerenstva)
GranterUniversity of Zadar
(Department of English)
Zadar
Defense date and country2018-10-03, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
Portrayal of women in film has always been a topic of discussion. As a subgenre of horror, the slasher film comments on the position of women within society through various tropes. The character of the Final Girl is the key trope of the slasher film narrative as well as the one raising the most questions. Established in Tobi Hooper's 1974 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the Final Girl represents the last girl left alive to confront the killer. She possesses a certain set of traits which set her apart from other characters. What makes the Final Girl trope the most interesting is its fluidity in terms of gender. Due to its various characteristics, the trope has been interpreted differently by feminist film critics, including Laura Mulvey and Carol J. Clover who coined the term Final Girl. On one hand, the character of the Final Girl is viewed as an embodiment of negative stereotypes depicting what a woman should be, whereas on the other, the character is said to force the male spectator to identify with a female character. Keeping some of its original traits, the Final Girl trope has been evolving over the course of decades. The main purpose of this paper is to offer insight into the Final Girl trope and its on-going conventions. The aim was to analyse the evolution of the Final Girl trope on the basis of three following slasher films – John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), Wes Craven's Scream (1998), and Adam Wingard's You're Next (2011).
Abstract (croatian)
Prikaz žena u filmu neiscrpan je izvor rasprava. Kao podžanr horora, slasher daje vlastiti komentar na poziciju žene u društvu putem prepoznatljivih konvencija. Ključan te ujedno najzanimljiviji element slasher filma je poznat pod nazivom Final Girl. Obilježja lika Final Girl etablirana su u slasher filmu Tobija Hoopera Teksaški masakr motornom pilom iz 1974. Final Girl predstavlja jedini lik u slasher filmu koji preživi brutalna ubojstva i suočava se s ubojicom. Ona posjeduje određene karakteristike koje ju izdvajaju od ostalih likova u filmu pri čemu se kao njeno najzanimljivije obilježje ističe rodna fluidnost. Njene specifične karakteristike tema su različitih teoretiziranja unutar feminističke filmske kritike, a njima se u svojem radu bave Laura Mulvey i Carol J. Clover koja je liku i nadjenula naziv Final Girl. S jedne strane, lik Final Girl biva percipiran kao stereotipan prikaz toga kakva bi žena trebala biti, dok se s druge strane ističe kako se radi o ključnom elementu slasher filma koji prisiljava muškarca da se poistovjeti s likom žene. Lik Final Girl evoluirao je tijekom posljednjih nekoliko desetljeća, zadržavajući pritom svoja temeljna obilježja. Cilj ovog rada je dati uvid u obilježja i lik Final Girl kao ključnog elementa slasher filma te prikazati i analizirati njegovu evoluciju na temelju tri slasher filma – Noć vještica (1978) redatelja Johna Carpentera, Vrisak (1998) redatelja Wesa Cravena te Ti si sljedećia(i) redatelja Adama Wingarda.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:162:197224
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teaching, Research
Course: Research
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
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