metafiction en · NOUN
Etymology
From meta- + fiction, coined in 1970 by William H. Gass
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A form of self-referential literature concerned with the art and devices of fiction itself.
In the previous chapter, I presented a heuristic explanation of the development of metafiction. In this chapter, I turn to some texts written before the 1980s to demonstrate that the binary between realism and metafiction is not fixed.
2010, Evan Mwangi, Africa Writes Back to Self: Metafiction, Gender, Sexuality, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 65:Julian Barnes's Flaubert's Parrot (1984) and Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor and Chatterton may be described as accomplished examples of historiographic metafiction, the kind of self-conscious, heavily parodic and experimental historical […]
1999, Susana Onega Jaén, Metafiction and Myth in the Novels of Peter Ackroyd, Camden House, →ISBN, page 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| metafictions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
metafictionist · historiographic metafiction
Relateds
metatext · metafictive · intertextuality · metafictional · midfiction
Translations (15)
pl metafikcja (form of self-referential literature) · pt metaficção (form of self-referential literature) · ro metaficțiune (form of self-referential literature) · ru мѐтапро́за (form of self-referential literature) · fi metafiktio (form of self-referential literature) · sh metafikcija (form of self-referential literature) · cs metafikce (form of self-referential literature) · el μεταμυθοπλασία (form of self-referential literature) · de Metafiktion (form of self-referential literature) · eo metafikcio (form of self-referential literature) · fr métafiction (form of self-referential literature) · ko 메타픽션 (form of self-referential literature) · es metaficción (form of self-referential literature) · ca metaficció (form of self-referential literature) · vi siêu hư cấu (form of self-referential literature)