Jacques Lacan in Theory
This session introduces Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytic theory, detailing the 'mirror stage' and the relationship between metaphor and metonymy through the 'point de capiton.' It differentiates desire from need in the context of language and the unconscious.
Introduction to Theory of Literature (ENGL 300)
In this lecture on psychoanalytic criticism, Professor Paul Fry explores the work of Jacques Lacan. Lacan's interest in Freud and distaste for post-Freudian "ego psychologists" are briefly mentioned, and his clinical work on "the mirror stage" is discussed in depth. The relationship in Lacanian thought, between metaphor and metonymy is explored through the image of the point de capiton. The correlation between language and the unconscious, and the distinction between desire and need, are also explained, with reference to Hugo's "Boaz Asleep."