HAIE BRIGITTE, RASSIAL JEAN-JACQUES »ADOLESCENCE : THE MOMENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE « SINTHOME « OR OF THE RECASTING OF FANTASY «

»This article aims to articulate two theoretical and complementary approaches to adolescence: fantasy and its recasting on the one hand, and the adolescent « sinthome « on the other hand. We'll start off with the concept of the « sinthome « in J. Lacan's theory and its specific use in the logical moment of adolescence. Then we'll consider what we have named « the recasting of adolescence «. It is indeed a conception of adolescence fantasy (the specificity of the rhomboid - which Lacan calls the « awl « - in the matheme) which will enable us to find the primary foundations of the construction of the « sinthome «. By showing how close the function of the « sinthome « is to that of fantasy, this theory leads into new avenues regarding the psychopathology of the adolescent and, moreover, into the direction his treatment should take.»

Mots clés Fantasy, Awl, Sinthome, Structure.