Gender Differences in Emotional Communicative Behavior of Personage in Literary Texts

Abstract

Gender-determined differences in the speech of literary characters. The analysis of literary works of some English and American authors shows that gender – determined differences may disappear in the speech of female and male characters under the influence of different pragmatic factors. In spite of the existing gender stereotyping, social female and male roles are constantly changing in the contemporary society. The changes in the relationship between gender find reflection in fiction.