Definitions For Metafiction

Noun

METAFICTION (plural - or s) A form of self-referential literature concerned with the art and devices of fiction itself.

Derived terms

{{col-auto, en, historiographic metafiction}}

Related terms

metafictional metafictive

Translations

Catalan: metaficció, f Czech: metafikce, f Esperanto: metafikcio Finnish: metafiktio French: métafiction, f German: Metafiktion, f Polish: metafikcja, f Portuguese: metaficção, f Romanian: metaficțiune, f Serbo-Croatian: metafikcija, f Spanish: metaficción, f Vietnamese: siêu hư cấu

See also

metatext intertextuality

Etymology

meta + fiction, coined in 1970 by {{w + william h. gass}}{{cite-book }}