Abstract
<jats:p>The article aims to identify and describe the diegetic and non-diegetic representation of kinesthetic and kinetic intelligence based on the professional activities of masculine and feminine models of private detective. The study examines masculine and feminine models of kinetic (related to movement and non-verbal communication) and kinesthetic (related to perception) intelligence realization through the analysis of classical detective fiction. The research focuses on the differences in perceptual strategies, methods of obtaining information through bodily experience, and the use of non-verbal communication channels within the detective investigation framework. The results reveal that non-diegetic representation of the masculine model constructs kinesthetic intelligence: the reader observes external manifestations of genius but has no access to the internal cognitive process. Conversely, diegetic representation of the feminine model immerses the reader in a sensory-empathetic experience of the investigation. A correlation has been established between the narrative type and the dominant type of kinesthetics: tactile-manipulative in the masculine image (non-diegetic representation) and empathic-sensory in the feminine one (diegetic representation).</jats:p>