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CARREIRA, Alessandra Fernandes. O mito individual como estrutura subjetiva básica. Psicol. cienc. prof. [online]. 2001, vol.21, n.3, pp. 58-69. ISSN 1414-9893.

Adopting the notion of individual myth, that was established by Lévi-Strauss and adopted by Lacan to talk about the basic subjective structure of the neurotic, this work aims to present the notion of myth, emphasizing its overture to the interpretation and the constant recombination of its elements. This notion is dislocated to the individual plan, based on a little analyses of a clinic case entitled by Freud as “The Rat Man”. It is showed that the repetition of the individual mythic structure reedits the familial myth and constitutes the subjective structure, within are included the symptoms.

Palavras-chave : Myth; Individual; Structure; Subjectivity.