Özet:

With postmodernist discourse and methods of criticism, who the 'human' in history is and which class it represents becomes controversial. Feminist thinkers, critics and writers who want to reveal the story of women who are isolated from both historical and literary narratives argue that a new memory can be constructed for women. Feminist literary criticism plays an important role in the construction of this memory. In this study, based on feminist literary criticism, Ayla Kutlu's Kadın Destanı is analyzed. The work is known for its inversion of Gılgamış Destanı, one of the oldest narratives of the masculine mindset. Kadın Destanı is open to be read as both a literary text and feminist literary criticism, as it approaches the history narrated by male scribes from a female perspective and gives an identity to the shadow woman who has no name in Gılgamış Destanı. However, Kutlu's narrative that glorifies women contradicts the feminist doctrine that aims to destroy power relations. Because the author repeats the masculine perspective by giving the same qualities to the woman, who is emphasized with her beauty and charm in masculine texts, and establishes a new hegemony with her narrative that negates the man. Despite this, Kutlu shows the possibilities of women's discourse and displays a feminist stance by attributing feminine meanings to concepts that contain 'manly' codes. Giving examples from both Gılgamış Destanı and Kadın Destanı is important for the reader to see the difference between masculine texts and women's discourse.

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