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==Paternity and Metaphor==
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When, in 1956, [[Lacan]] first begins to discuss the tropes of [[metaphor]] and [[metonymy]] in detail, the example he takes to illustrate the structure of [[metaphor]] is a line from [[Victor Hugo]]'s [[poem]], [[Booz endormi]].<ref>Hugo, 1859-83: 97-9</ref>
This [[poem]] retells the [[biblical]] story of Ruth and Boaz; while Ruth sleeps at his feet, Boaz dreams that a tree grows out of his stomach, a revelation that he is to be the founder of a race.
In the line which [[Lacan]] quotes - "His sheaf was neither miserly nor spiteful" - the [[metaphoric]] [[substitution]] of "sheaf" for "Boaz" produces a poetic effect of [[signification]].<ref>{{S3}} p.218-25; {{S4}} p.377-8; {{E}} p.156-8; {{S8}} p.158-9</ref>
[[Paternity]] is thus both the theme of the [[poem]] (its [[content]]) and also inherent in the [[structure]] of [[metaphor]] itself.
==Paternal Metaphor==
The phrase '"[[paternal metaphor]]' " is introduced by [[Lacan]] in 1957.<ref>{{S4}} p.379</ref>
In 1958, he goes on to elaborate the [[structure]] of this [[metaphor]]; it involves the [[substitution]] of one [[signifier]] (the [[Name-of-the-Father]]) for another (the [[desire]] of the [[mother]]).<ref>{{E}} p.200</ref>
==See Also==
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* [[Language]]
* [[Metonymy]]
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* [[Metaphor]]
* [[SymbolicName-of-the-Father]]||
* [[Oedipus complex]]
* [[Psychosis]]
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* [[Signification]]
* [[PsychosisStructure]]* [[Name-of-the-Father]]* [[Poetry]]{{Also}}
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