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Each point in a [[schema L (schÈma L) The various 'schemata' that begin to appear in]] is designated by one of the [[symbol]]s of [[Lacan]]ian [[algebra]], while the vectors how the structural relations between these [[symbol]]s.

The [[schemata]] can be seen as [[Lacan]]'s work in first incursion into the 1950s are all attempts to formalise by means field of diagrams[[topology]].

certain aspects The first [[schema]] to appear in [[Lacan]]'s work is also the [[schema]] which he makes the most use of psychoanalytic theory. The schemata all consist of a number

of points connected by a number of vectors. Each point in a This [[schema ]] isdesignated 'L' because it resembles the upper-case Greek lambda.<ref>{{Ec}} p.53</ref>

designated by one of Lacan first introduces the symbols of Lacanian ALGEBRA[[schema]] in 1955, while and it occupies a central place in his work for the vectorsnext few years.<ref>{{S2}} p.243</ref>

show Thus the structural relations between these symbols. The schemata can be seen[[schema]] also shows the position of the analyst in the [[treatment]]:

as LacanIf one wants to position the [[analyst]] within this [[schema]] of the [[subject]]'s first incursion into the field of TOPOI OGY[[speech]], one can say that he is somewhere in A.

The first schema to appear in Lacan's work is also the schema which At least heshould be.

makes If he enters into the most use coupling of. This schema the [[resistance]], which is just what he is designated taught not to do, then he speaks from a'L' because it resembles and he will see himself in the[[subject]]. <ref>{{S3}} 161-2</ref>

upper-case Greek lambda (see Figure 14By positioning different elements in the four empty loci of the [[schema]], taken from Ec, 53)[[schema L]] can be used to analyse various sets of relations encountered in [[psychoanalytic treatmen]]t. Lacan first

introduces For example [[Lacan]] uses it to analyse the schema relations between [[Dora]] and the other people in 1955 (S2, 243)her story, <ref>{{S4}} p.142-3</ref> and it occupies a central place also to analyse the relations between the various people inthe case of the young [[homosexual]] [[Woman]].<ref>{{S4}} p.124-33</ref>.

his work for the next few yearsIn addition to providing a map of [[intersubjective]] relations, [[schema L]] also represents [[intrasubjective]] [[structure]].

Two years laterThus it illustrates the [[decentering]] of the [[subject]], since the [[subject]] is not to be located only at the point marked S, Lacan replaces this version of but over the whole [[schema with a newer,]].

"simplified form' (Figure 15, taken from Ec, 548; see He is stretched over the four corners of the [[schema]]."<ref>{{E, 193)}} p.194</ref>

Although In addition to [[schema ]] L allows many possible readingsthere are several other [[schemata]] that appear in [[Lacan]]'s work <ref>schema R - see E, 197; [[schema]] I - see E, 212; the main point two [[schemata]]of theSade - see Ec, 774 and Ec, 778</ref>.

schema is to demonstrate that All of these [[schemata]] are transformations of the basic [[quaternary]] of [[Symbolicschema]] relation (between the Other and theL, on which they are based.

subject) is always blocked to a certain extent by the [[Imaginary]] axis (between the ego and the SPECULAR IMAGE). Because it has to pass through the [[Imaginary]]  "wall of language'However, the discourse of the Other reaches the subject in an interrupted and inverted form (see COMMUNICATION). The schema thus illus- trates the opposition between the [[Imaginary]] and the [[Symbolic]] which is so fundamental to Lacan's conception of psychoanalysis. This is of practical importance in the treatment, since the analyst must usually intervene in the                                 [[Symbolic]] register rather than in the unlike [[Imaginary]]. Thus the schema also shows the position of the analyst in the treatment:  If one wants to position the analyst within this schema of the subject's  speech, one can say that he is somewhere in A. At least he should be. If  he enters into the coupling of the resistance, which is just what he is taught  not to do, then he speaks from a' and he will see himself in the subject.  (S3, 161-2)    By positioning different elements in the four empty loci of the schema, schema L can be used to analyse various sets of relations encountered in psychoanalytic treatment. For example Lacan uses it to analyse the relations between Dora and the other people in her story (S4, 142-3; see Freud, 1905e), and also to analyse the relations between the various people in the case of the young homosexual [[Woman]] (S4, 124-33: see Freud, 1920a).  In addition to providing a map of intersubjective relations, schema L also represents intrasubjective structure (insofar as the one can be distinguished from the other). Thus it illustrates the decentering of the subject, since the subject is not to be located only at the point marked S, but over the whole schema; 'he is stretched over the four corners of the schema' (E, 194).  In addition to schema L there are several other schemata that appear in Lacan's work (schema R - see E, 197; schema I - see E, 212; the two schemata of Sade - see Ec, 774 and Ec, 778). All of these schemata are transformations of the basic quaternary of schema L, on which they are based. However, unlike schema L, which serves as a constant point of reference for [[Lacan ]] in the period 1954-7, each of these [[schemata ]] only appears once in [[Lacan]]'s work. By the time the last of these schemata (the schemata of Sade) appear, in 1962, the schemata have already ceased to play an important part in Lacan's discourse, although it can be argued that they lay the groundwork for Lacan's more rigorous topological work in the 1970s.

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