An issue of ecological friendliness in the communication of characters based on the works of the Swiss-German writer Hermann Hesse has been considered in the article under review. A high degree of ecological friendliness is caused due, on the one hand, to the philosophical views of the writer, and, on the other hand, to his talent of the artist. The basis for the communicative tactics realized in the stories «Knulp. Drei Geschichten aus dem Leben Knulps» and «Siddhartha. Eine indische Dichtung» is the tactics of rapprochement between the communication partners. Communicative behavior of the protagonists in the above mentioned works is characterized by a highly frequent usage of the positively evaluated lexics, smooth body language and non-verbal / facial expressions.

ecolinguistics, parameters of ecological communication, value, interpretation, text, context