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detail, the example he takes to illustrate the structure of [[Image:Lacan-paternalmetaphor.jpg|center]][[paternal metaphor is a line]] ([[French]]: ''[[métaphore paternelle]]'')

==Paternity and Metaphor==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). This poem</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 dreams that " produces a tree grows out poetic effect of his stomach, a revelation that he is to[[signification]].<ref>{{S3}} p.218-25; {{S4}} p.377-8; {{E}} p.156-8; {{S8}} p.158-9</ref>

be [[Paternity]] is thus both the founder theme of a racethe [[poem]] (its [[content]]) and also inherent in the [[structure]] of [[metaphor]] itself. In the line which Lacan quotes - 'His sheaf was

neither miserly nor spiteful' - the metaphoric All [[paternity]] involves [[metaphor]]ic [[substitution of 'sheaf' for]], and vice versa.

==Paternal Metaphor==The phrase 'Boaz[[paternal metaphor]]' produces a poetic effect of SIGNIFICATION (S3, 218-25; see is introduced by [[Lacan]] in 1957.<ref>{{S4, 377-}} p.379</ref>

8In 1958, he goes on to elaborate the [[structure]] of this [[metaphor]]; E, 156it involves the [[substitution]] of one [[signifier]] (the [[Name-of-8; S8, 158the-9Father]]). Paternity is thus both for another (the theme [[desire]] of the poem (its[[mother]]).<ref>{{E}} p.200</ref>

contentThe [[paternal metaphor]] thus designates the [[metaphorical]] (i.e. [[substitutive]]) and also inherent in character of the structure of metaphor [[oedipus complex]] itself. All paternity

mvolves metaphoric substitutionIt is the fundamental [[metaphor]] on which all [[signification]] depends: for this reason, and vice versaall [[signification]] is [[phallic]].

The phrase 'If the [[Name-of-the-Father]] is [[foreclosed]] (i.e. in [[psychosis]]), there can be no [[paternal metaphor' is introduced by Lacan in 1957 (S4]], 379)and hence no [[phallic]] [[signification]]. In

1958, he goes on to elaborate the structure ==See Also==* [[Metonymy]]* [[Metaphor]]* [[Symbolic]]* [[Oedipus complex]]* [[Signification]]* [[Psychosis]]* [[Name-of this metaphor; it involves -the-Father]]* [[Poetry]]

the mother) (see Figure 13; E, 200).[[Category:Theory]][[Category:Psychoanalytic theory]] The paternal metaphor thus designates the metaphorical (i.e. substitutive)[[Category:Symbolic]][[Category:Terms]]character of the OEDIPUS COMPLEX itself. It is the fundamental metaphor on[[Category:Concepts]][[Category:Psychoanalysis]]which all signification depends[[Category: for this reason, all signification is phallic. IfJacques Lacan]][[Category:Help]]the Name-of-the-Father is foreclosed (i.e. in psychosis), there can be no paternal metaphor, and hence no phallic signification. Name-of-the-Father Desire of the Mother A  ï a Name-of-the-Father  Desire of the Mother Signified to the subject Phallus     Figure 13 The paternal metaphor[[Category:New]]  Source: Jacques Lacan, Ecrits, Paris[[Category: Seuil, 1966.Dictionary]]