The comparative examination of the feminist discourse in the novels written after 1980

Feminism is a movement that defends the rights of women and struggles for equality between men and women. The reflections of feminism were explained based on the lives of women in the works written after 1980. Women authors have dealed with women's experiences with a woman's sensitivity. Women's lives were viewed from different perspectives in the written works. In line with the principles and comprehension of feminism, a well-rounded examination was made by analyzing the lives of the women in the novels. The events that the process which female heroes in the novels experienced from birth to death were examined in line with the views of feminism. The works named Siyah Süt, Kadının Adı Yok, Yaseminler Tüter Mi Hala, İki Yeşil Su Samuru, Füreya, Sevgili Arsız Ölüm, Gör Beni, Tuhaf Kadın, Dağın Öteki Yüzü, Asılacak Kadın analysed in the terms of feminism. Maternity, love, marriage, education, working life, her place in the changing world, women's invisible exertion, communal norms, the way a girl is growed up, mother-daughter and father-daughter relationships, patriarchal regime, being a productive woman, artist personality on female types has been examined in the terms of strong, traditional, passive, educated, uneducated, self-sacrificing, contrarian, idealized woman. In the works I studied, the process of women from childhood to adulthood, their growing up, and the views of their environment and family. In these works which were examined in terms of the general thought structure of the feminism movement, the perspective of the patriarchal system on women in women's home life, working life and publical sphere was evaluated. The works written after 1980 was explained the lives of women from all classes with the sensitivity of a female writer. The experiences of women in society are handled with a multidimensional way, not one-dimensional. The fact that the novelist is a woman and sees the events from a woman's perspective shows the sensitivity of events for women that are not dwelled on daily life.