ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the Sinthome, seemingly quite casually, regarding James Joyce and his daughter Lucia, but very little attention has been paid to it. It is concerned with the "extension of the symptom" brings to the fore certain fundamental aspects of Jacques Lacan's theory developed in RSI and thereafter. The sinthome consists in the singular way in which writing is used to deal with an initial symptom. According to Lacan, Joyce's works bear witness to the fact that art can target what initially presents itself as a symptom. The chapter presents three different extensions of the symptom in Joyce's case: firstly, his art-symptom, which extends the epiphany; secondly, the extension of telepathy in his daughter's madness; and thirdly, the sublimation of the woman, which also extends the telepathy. It utilizes the theory of extension of the symptom to cast new light on questions regarding family relationships, such as adoption by a single homosexual or a homosexual couple.
