metafiction
Noun
Meaning
metafiction (usually uncountable, plural metafictions)
A form of self-referential literature concerned with the art and devices of fiction itself.
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If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it.
Borges' analysis of metafiction in the essay " When Fiction Lives in Fiction " deals extensively with the teleological nature of false documents.
Some have attributed this piece of metafiction as one component of the "Sorriso ariostesco" or Ariosto's smile, the wry sense of humor that Ariosto adds to the text.
Cerebral and esoteric, with an overarching interest in chance and metafiction and muffled existential wrestling, Auster's authorial stance can feel anthropological -- interested, yes, but disengaged.
The Double Life of Liliane is a triumph of autobiographical metafiction, with photos, genealogical digressions and historical allusions as background to a young woman's complex path toward maturity.
Jerry is one of many examples of metafiction in the show.