Textual Unconsciousness in the Pizarnik’s Diaries: A Lacanian Reading

Abstract

Starting from the concepts “fiction line [ligne de fiction]” and “textual unconciousness”, developed by Lacan and Jean Bellemin-Noël respectively, this article presents the analysis of a piece of the Alejandra Pizarnik’s diary. The text seems representative of the author’s meta-literary concerns, among which stands out the conflict between the language as a tool and the non-communicable nature of the reality. The psychoanalytic analysis of the discourse given by the subject of the statement reveals, as Kristeva argues, a desire to transcend the narrow limits of the symbolic sphere and to open an alternative literary space closer to the embodiment and its drives.

Keywords

• pizarnik
• diarios
• inconsciente
• lacan
• kristeva
• bellemin-nöel
• semiótico