Metafiction is a term given to fictional writing which self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact in order to pose questions about the relationship between fiction and reality. In proving a critique of their own methods of construction, such writings not only examine the fundamental structures of narrative fiction, they also explore the possible fictionality of the world outside the literary fictional text." -Patricia Waugh
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| - Metafiction is a term given to fictional writing which self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact in order to pose questions about the relationship between fiction and reality. In proving a critique of their own methods of construction, such writings not only examine the fundamental structures of narrative fiction, they also explore the possible fictionality of the world outside the literary fictional text." -Patricia Waugh
- Metafiction is fiction about fiction. More precisely, it is a type of fiction that openly addresses the devices of fiction, exposing the fictional illusion. Such fiction self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact, thus posing implicit questions about the relationship between fiction and reality. Devices commonly employed to this end include irony, self-reflection, and overt authorial intrusion. The term was coined by William H. Gass in an essay entitled “Philosophy and the Form of Fiction” (1970).
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| - Metafiction is a term given to fictional writing which self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact in order to pose questions about the relationship between fiction and reality. In proving a critique of their own methods of construction, such writings not only examine the fundamental structures of narrative fiction, they also explore the possible fictionality of the world outside the literary fictional text." -Patricia Waugh
- Metafiction is fiction about fiction. More precisely, it is a type of fiction that openly addresses the devices of fiction, exposing the fictional illusion. Such fiction self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact, thus posing implicit questions about the relationship between fiction and reality. Devices commonly employed to this end include irony, self-reflection, and overt authorial intrusion. The term was coined by William H. Gass in an essay entitled “Philosophy and the Form of Fiction” (1970).
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