Analysis of body language in the novel "Al-Shahaz" by Najib Mahfouz based on the theory of Paul Ekman and Walsh Friesen with three approaches (origin, coding, application).

Non-verbal communication is a communication that conveys concepts and meanings through non-verbal and speech. messagesNon-verbal messages are more powerful than verbal messages. Body language, non-verbal communication andIt is our non-verbal communication that we use in each of our interactions with others. Body language includedPeople's messages are with looks, facial expressions and gestures that help the reader to understand the text in literary texts.slow "Paul Ekman" and "Walce Friesen" have done extensive research in the field of non-verbal activitiesTheir goal is to better understand people's emotions and behavior. They non-verbal activities in three waysThey have analyzed "origin-encoding-use". This research with descriptive-analytical method based on approachesMentioned from "Ekman and Friesen" body language in the novel Al-Shahaz, which is the work of Najib Mahfouz, including; face languageThe language of gaze and head gestures has been described and examined. The results obtained from the analysis of language samplesThe body in this novel shows that the origin of facial language, which has a high frequency in the novel, is intrinsic.Its encoding is instinctive and its use is informational.