metafiction

metafiction
metafiction [met′ə fik΄shən]
n.
1. fiction in which the mediating function of the author and the technical methods used in writing are self-consciously emphasized and in which the traditional concern with verisimilitude is minimized
2. a work of such fiction
metafictional
adj.
metafictionist
n.

English World dictionary. . 2014.

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