A LETRA E A ESCRITA A NÃO SE LEREM

Authors

  • Ricardo Monteiro Guedes de Almeida Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2020v26n2p776-794

Keywords:

Significant, Letter, Function of writing, Jouissance

Abstract

The concept of a letter calls for a discussion about the practice of
psychoanalytic interpretation. Thus, we aim to make a course about the
letter and the Lacanian hypothesis that the writing is not meant to be read.
We turn to a theoretical study where, at first, we deal with the signifier
and the letter, as Lacan proposed in the text The instance of the letter in the
unconscious, or the reason since Freud. Later, we delved into the distinction
between these two concepts, aiming at the Seminar, Book 18. Finally, we
discuss Lacan’s statement about the impossibility of reading the writing.
Considering the role that the letter and the function of the writing assume
in the field of jouissance and in the scope of an analysis, we conclude the
letter is not only distinct from the signifier but also corresponds to a writing
that is in the real, thus representing the incidence limit of meaning and
interpretation itself.

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Author Biography

Ricardo Monteiro Guedes de Almeida, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP).

Psicólogo e psicanalista. Mestre e doutorando em Psicologia Social pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP).

Published

2021-09-25

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