Open AccessPsycholinguistic Characteristics of Autists and Their Prototypes in American Cinema Discourse (Based on the Films "Rain Man" and "The Real Rain Man")
Author(s) -
L.M. Ikalyuk,
O.V. Kuzmyn
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of vasyl stefanyk precarpathian national university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-2349
pISSN - 2311-0155
DOI - 10.15330/jpnu.2.2-3.87-93
Subject(s) - movie theater , linguistics , psychology , sociology , history , art history , philosophy
The article focuses on the study of the main characteristics of people with autisticspectrum disorders. The comparison between the famous American savant, Kim Peek, and hisprototype in the American cinema discourse has been made on the basis of the films Rain Man andThe Real Rain Man. With the help of psychographological analysis, the speech of the man and hisfictional prototype has been examined. The analysis showed that the difference between the twopersons is indubitable, which can be explained by the fact that the savant syndrome was caused bydifferent disorders.