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Jacques Lacan reinterpreted Freudian psychoanalysis and his study has been one of the most stimulating areas of development in cultural studies of the western world. His post-Freudian psychoanalysis is now very influential and frequently disputed in literature and film studies as well as philosophy and psychology. He defines three different phases of human life as the imaginary, the symbolic and the real. In the imaginary, a child identifies himself with his beloved mother who completely fulfills his desire. It is the world of unconsciousness while the symbolic is consciousness that contains an order, language, law, etc. Whereas the symbolic is a set of differentiated, discrete elements called signifier, the real is, in itself, undifferentiated. The real is the impossible because it cannot be seen or experienced, but it does exist with other two elements. It is a death, skull, and phallus. Avoiding the real, life goes on as long as a transference continuously takes place. Lacanian psychoanalytic theory including the imaginary, the symbolic and the real is defined and applied to analysis of the movie, Lea in this study. |
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