A COMPARATIVE STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF SELECTED ZIMBABWEAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN FICTION (2000-2015) MAVENGANO ESTHER Student Number: 29760755 Orcid ID: https://orcid.org//0000-0002-9360-3334 Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Languages and Literature (English) Department of Human and Social Sciences Faculty of Humanities North-West University October 2020 PROMOTERS: PROFESSOR MUCHATIVUGWA LIBERTY HOVE & DR. ABIGAIL HLATSHWAYO