The teller and wording in Sevinç Çokum's historical novels

The novel is a literary genre that has certain elements such as plot, person, place and time. The novel genre is divided into varieties among themselves. The historical novel is one of them too. The historical novel deals with events and people in history. Since historical novels are composed of fictional elements, it can not be expected to overlab with real life. It is written in the direction of fiction, inspired by historical events and people. Therefore historical novel heros can be real or surreal. Events and people combine with the imagination of the author and pave the way fort the emergence of the historical novels. The historical novel begins with Ahmet Mithat Efendi's work 'Yeniçeriler' in Turkish literature. Writers like Halide Edip Adıvar, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Kemal Tahir, Tarık Buğra, Turgut Özakman, Ayşe Kulin, Sevinç Çokum write historical novels. Born in Istanbul's Beşiktaş thistrict, Sevinç Çokum's interest in literature begins during her secondary school years. Sevinç Çokum, who realised the power of her pen with the guidance of her teacher, wrote poetry at that time. She begins writing story in during university years. Her stories are published in various journal. After publishing her first story book 'Eğik Ağaçlar' she focused on the field of short stories. After and riching her pen with the stories she wrote before the novel, her first novel 'Zor' takes its places on the shelves. She has five boks that are historical novels. Apart from historical novels, she covers various topics such as class conflict, women, immigration, university events and the coup. She is a writer who defends women's rights and triess to process this with the women in her novel. She uses most of the elements she has heard and witnessed from her family and surroundings in her novels. Before creating her historical novels, she goes to various geographies and observes the spirit of that region. This helps intensify the element of reality in her novels. Bizim Diyar, Ağustos Başağı, Hilal Görününce, Lacivert Taşı and Gözyaşı Çeşmesi are her historical novels. Before creating these novels she communicate with people who know the spirit of that periot well. She visits the places she created in her novels and tries to reflect the periot in its best form. Keywords: Sevinç Çokum, novel, historical novel, woman author.