Contents Introduction 2 1. Theories of discourse as theories of gender: discourse analysis in language and gender studies 4 1.1 The concept of discourse in linguistics 4 1.2 Belles-letters style as one of the functional styles of literary standard of the English language 18 2. Gender discourse in the tales of the three languages 23 2.1 A short excursus into tales 23 2.2 Comparative analyses of the tales in Kazakh, English and Russian languages 30 Conclusion 51 List of bibliography 53