"The Name of the Father"in Swift's novel"Shuttlecock"
In Lacan's psychoanalytic theory,the symbolic world is a world of law,the fundamental order that structures human life.The symbolic law proclaims its edicts through the"name of the father",requiring individuals to adhere to it collectively.In"Shuttlecock",the character Planteis firmly believes in the masculine symbolic order represented by the father,yet he is irresistibly drawn to the passion of returning to the real,which is prohibited by the symbolic order,as well as the desire to escape the dominion of the"name of the father".However,faced with the uncertainty and traumatic nature of the real,he chooses to abandon the pursuit of truth,following the pleasure principle to protect the legitimate status of the"name of the father",thereby safeguarding the rationale for his own existence.
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