Subject in the Psychoanalytical Approach of Jacques Lacan

This thesis represents a systematic study of the process of subjectivation within the psychoanalytic framework of Jacques Lacan. The work includes a theoretical analysis of the three key registers of the psyche: the Symbolic, the Imaginary, and the Real, and their roles in the formation and functioning of the human subject. It discusses the premises behind the concept of the mirror stage, detailing the processes that occur during this stage and the effects it establishes in the human psyche: the formation of primary and secondary narcissism, the initial ego and its functions, the instance of the ideal ego, and the emergence of self-concepts and concepts of the other. The role of the Symbolic register in the development of the subject is examined, with particular attention to the functions of speech and law as essential elements required for entry into the human order. The most conceptually challenging register, the Real, is described as that which cannot be inscribed within the order of representation. A central theme throughout the thesis is the critical importance of the symbolic dimension for the development of the subject. This hypothesis is confirmed in the empirical section of the work, which includes an analysis of Viktor Kossakovsky’s film "Svyato," a film that vividly demonstrates the processes occurring at the mirror stage and reflects the functioning of all three registers and the relationships between them.