TARİHSEL KURGUDA YENİDEN YAZIM STRATEJİSİNE KURAMSAL BİR YAKLAŞIM.

Even though it is becoming increasingly popular, the female perspective in historical fiction, long defined in sexist terms and associated with masculine authorship and readership for centuries, has been neglected in literary criticism. In recent years, it has become apparent that the number of historical novels shaped by rewriting strategies and written by women writers, and the interest in these novels are gradually increasing. This study, therefore, aims to uncover the theoretical underpinnings of 'rewriting' based on contemporary historical fiction by women writers as a postmodernist and feminist strategy. After examining the timeline of historical fiction and its relatively narrow definition, which, until recently, was shaped by totalising and patriarchal patterns, the paper will discuss how and in what ways postmodernism and second-wave feminism contribute to the idea of 'rewriting' and the rise of women's historical fiction that capitalises on rewriting. In addition, the authors will present diverse examples to show how contemporary women writers' views on 'rewriting' harmoniously reflect the main arguments of this study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]