Abstract

CAMPOS, Marcos Malta. A daseinsanalytical understanding of Christopher's being-in-the-world, protagonist of the novel “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" and diagnosed to Asperger Syndrome. Aletheia [online]. 2011, n.34, pp. 190-196. ISSN 1413-0394.

This article aims to achieve a daseinsanalytic comprehension of the teenager Christopher's being in the world (character of the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time), explaining the character's relationships with others who are presented in his world. Is demonstrated that Christopher's manifestations can also be diagnosed as Asperger's Syndrome, according to DSM-IV-TR, directing to a understanding of the character's world. Contributions of the philosopher Martin Heidegger in his Zollikon Seminars are references. This paper found out that Christopher gets on with others predominantly in strangeness. The approach of the world's character seems to enrich the perspective of the psychiatric diagnostic handbook.

Keywords : Asperger's Syndrome; Daseinsanalyse; Being-in-the-world.