of presence and absence—the gap between the core of the personality and the symbolic narrative in which the individual lives. Literary examples Montaigne has been seen as a classic example of the exploration of the aphanisis of the subject. See also References Further reading Ernest Jones, 'The Early Development of Female Sexuality', Int. J. Psycho-Analysis, 8 (1927) Régis Durand, 'On Aphanisis: A Note on the Dramaturgy of the Subject in Narrative Analysis', MLN 98 (1983) Sexology Psychoanalytic terminology Freudian psychology