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How does a text become a metafictional text?


Asked by Charlie Ware on Dec 13, 2021 FAQ



Although we may be getting a little far from the definition, here on some different ways a text can be especially metafictional: by being self-referential – when ever the text recognizes itself as a text – it breaks the illusion that it is reality – the text (or characters) become self-aware
Likewise,
Metafiction. Metafiction is a form of literature that emphasizes its own constructedness in a way that continually reminds the reader to be aware that they are reading or viewing a fictional work. Metafiction is self-conscious about language, literary form, storytelling, and directly or indirectly draw attention to their status as artifacts.
Also, Metafictional (or Metatextual) My working definition: This is a quality of certain types of literature [we might say that a certain book or movie is very “ meta -fictional”] that seem to have two levels of dialogue going on at once. The text, whatever it is, has a layer in which it generally proceeds as normal – it is a typical text.
Subsequently,
Authors of metafiction often violate narrative levels by: intruding to comment on writing; involving themselves with fictional characters; directly addressing the reader; openly questioning how narrative assumptions and conventions transform and filter reality, trying to ultimately prove that no singular truths or meanings exist.
Moreover,
Explicit metafiction is identifiable through its use of clear metafictional elements on the surface of a text. It comments on its own artificiality and is quotable. Explicit metafiction is described as a mode of telling.