Introduction 1
Chapter One Stylistic Analysis in Fiction 5
1.1 Style and Stylistics 5
1.2 Scope of Stylistic Analysis 7
1.3 Criteria of Stylistic Feature Selection for Analysis 14
1.4 Stylistics and Literary Appreciation 15
Chapter Two Zadie Smith and Her Novels 18
2.1 Zadie Smith and Her Novels 18
2.2 Critical Responses of the Novels 22
2.3 Background of the Novels 26
2.4 Major Themes of the Novels 28
2.5 Cultural Hybridity in Zadie Smith's Novels 32
Chapter Three Manifestation of Hybridity in Language Use 37
3.1 Literary Language and Realistic Language 37
3.2 Hybridity of Linguistic Features in Smith's novels 40
Chapter Four Hybridity of Narration in Smith's Novels 56
4.1 Analysis of Narrative Styles 56
4.2 Hybridity of Narrative Style in Smith's Novels 60
4.3 Narrator in the Novels 78
4.4 Tone of Narration 81
4.5 Hybridity in Narration 93
Chapter Five Thematic Analysis in the Context of Postcolonialism 94
5.1 Stylistics in Context 94
5.2 Thematic Analysis of Smith's Novels in Postcolonial Society 95
5.3 Symbolic Significance in the Novels 132
5.4 Hybridity in Postcolonial World 141
Conclusion 142
Appendix 1 Excerpt from The Autograph Man(pp.46-47) 146
Appendix 2 Excerpt from On Beauty(pp.97-98) 148
Appendix 3 Excerpt from White Teeth(pp.326-327) 150
Appendix 4 Excerpt from White Teeth(pp.265-267) 152
Appendix 5 Excerpt from White Teeth(pp.71-73) 154
Bibliography 158
Acknowledgements 169