POSTCOLONIAL IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY BRITISH FICTION

This extended conference thesis examines the representation of postcolonial identity in contemporary British fiction through the selected works of Zadie Smith and Monica Ali. In post-imperial Britain, issues of identity, belonging, and cultural negotiation have become central to literary discourse. Drawing on postcolonial theoretical frameworks, particularly those proposed by Homi K. Bhabha, Stuart Hall, and Paul Gilroy, this study explores how contemporary British fiction portrays identity as fluid, hybrid, and continuously reconstructed.