Abstract:
This article discusses the relation between the Chinese writing system and the instance of the letter in the unconscious. We review theoretically a network of interwoven concepts that support this issue in Saussure and Lacan: writing, signifier and letter rethought from the learning experience of Mandarin and from clinical clippings of analysis situation. This way showed us that while listening to a subject in analysis, in addition to listening to its significant, we must be aware of the dimension of what the letter is, including its visual dimension, so then, perhaps, transpose something from it to the symbolic.
Keywords:
Lacan; letter; Chinese writing; China