The analytical traversal of the letter, used by Lacan to highlight the ways in which the unconscious manifests itself, leads us to consider its contributions, more specifically, in clinical contexts put to the test by transference and trauma. Based on two clinical experiences, that of Fatah, a mute child, and that of M. U., who suffers from a so-called “traumatic” neurosis, we will look at the ways in which a letter evolves as it attempts to rediscover its symbolic inscription via transference. We will see that these encounters allow the re-articulation of the letter, the latter functioning as a mouthpiece for a word yet to come, a trace that engages the dimension of the Real and the organic body in its impossible and forever unfinished dialogue with language.
Key words:
Letter; trauma; traumatism; transference
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