Lacan’s theory of the child’s trans

Lacan’s theory of the child’s transformation in the mirror stage has resonated for critics both because of its theoretical significance for speaking about subjectivity and for its ability to help readers understand particular moments within literature that offer images of bodily wholeness. No doubt another reason that the mirror stage has been for critics the most accessible and widely used aspect of Lacanian theory is because it tells a familiar story of the transition for incoherence to coherence. We have seen precisely the same story told by White in his explanation of emplotment as the transformation of incoherent natural and human events into a plot organized around a social center and a shared sense of community significance.