The deconstruction of Interpersonal communication by emphasizing on Lacan’s Barred Subject (Case Study: Analyzing the interpersonal relations in “My Brother Khosrow” Movie)

• Published in: مطالعات رسانه‌های نوین Vol. 6; no. 23; pp. 285 - 314
• Main Author: sarvenaz torbati
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Persian
• Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 01.09.2020
• Subjects: barred subject; interpersonal communication; lacan; my brother khosrow movie
• ISSN: 2538-2209; 2476-6550
• DOI: 10.22054/nms.2021.34843.561

The object of the present research is to deconstruct interpersonal communication and its basic concepts such as dialogue and sympathy by using psychoanalytic perspective and Lacan’s theory of discursive subject. By emphasizing on Lacanian subject who is constituted as the discontinuity between his real intention and the discourse bound up with the signifying chain of language, every message has an unconscious and hidden connotation which truly the addresser is not aware. This standpoint stands in opposition to common theories of communication that believes communication is a conscious and intentional process which leads to an effective communication by dialogue and sympathy. According to the fundamental gap between “what one says” and “what one truly wants to say”, the main question is how reciprocal understanding could be accomplished in a dialogue? Four discourses of Lacan are used in order to analyze the interpersonal relations and answer to the research question. To put my theoretical discussion into evidence, “My Brother Khosrow” movie is considered as a case study, to illustrate the possibility of investigating dialogy in Lacan’s discursive theory. In conclusion I illustrated how Naser and Khosrow’s dialogue takes place in the master discourse without leading to reciprocal understanding, but the dialogue between Naser’s wife and Khosrow in the field of the analyst discourse actualize sympathy in communication.