This paper traces Jacques Lacan's theory of jouissance in James Joyce's Exiles. According to Lacan, there are two kinds of jouissance, namely phallic and Other. The former is achievable through desire for different things ...

The present research seeks to read Steve Toltz's novel A Fraction of the Whole in terms of the Lacanian three orders. Its central argument is to reveal the affinity between Lacanian three orders that the characters undergo. ...