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metafiction
[ met-uh-fik-shuhn ]
/ ˈmɛt əˌfɪk ʃən /
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noun
fiction that discusses, describes, or analyzes a work of fiction or the conventions of fiction.
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Origin of metafiction
First recorded in 1975–80
Words nearby metafiction
metacryst, metadata, meta-dichlorobenzene, metaethics, metafemale, metafiction, metagalaxy, metage, metagenesis, metagnathous, metal
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How to use metafiction in a sentence
As a TV tie-in and a Little Golden Book, it didn’t necessarily get the attention it deserves, according to Philip Nel, an English professor at Kansas State University who studies metafiction and postmodernism in children’s literature.
50 years later, ‘The Monster at the End of This Book’ is still selling — and inspiring authors|Danny Freedman|January 27, 2021|Washington PostThe novel might be a metafiction in the style of John Barth, who has also in his eighties been influenced by cognitive science.