Gender Specificity of Emotions Representation in the Fiction Text

The purpose of the article is to describe the gender-specific objectivity of emotions in the verbal and non-verbal aspects of the communicative behavior of a female character and a male character in a fiction text. Of special interest is the study of the characteristics of the representation of emotions in an artistic text, taking into account the influence of gender on the communicative behavior of the individual and the choice of language means. Using a continuous sampling method, text fragments were selected from the works of contemporary artistic prose by the authors of women and men in Russian-language modern literature of the 20th and 21st centuries, in which the emotional experiences and states of female and male characters were most vividly described. The features of the explication of emotions with regard to the gender identity of the person in the texts of artistic prose are analyzed. It has been identified gender preferences in the choice of language means of expressing emotions in speech. In the course of solving the tasks, the following research methods have been used: descriptive method, which includes analysis, comparison and classification of linguistic facts; context analysis method. The practical significance of the article lies in the possibility of applying the main conclusions and results of the research in theoretical courses on emotiology and gender study. It has been established that gender stereotypes, the social roles of men and women, and the asymmetry of social relations between men and women are reflected in their communicative behavior (verbal and non-verbal)