Özet:

Thro human history, art has continued to evolve under different branches, while art has existed as a form of expression of both a need and aesthetics. Literature has a structure within the branches of art that we can assess society as a whole. In our study, we tended to literature with its general lines within the branches of art, especially the literary texts of various periods reviewed in terms of social gender. In this study we took advantage of the possibilities of feminist literary criticism, without neglecting the social historical truth about the woman, we found a solution on how the female identity was built in literary texts in the world and in Turkey. Abstract Art has existed as a form of expression and aesthetics throughout human history and has continued its development under different branches. Among art branches, literature has a structure that evaluates society as a whole. In our study, we focused on literature among the branches of art and in particular we evaluated literary texts from various periods in terms of gender. In this study, which we conducted by using the possibilities of feminist literary criticism, we performed an analysis of how women’s identity is constructed in the world and Turkey in literary texts without ignoring the social historical fact of women.