Meaning Of The Word Metafiction

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metafiction in American English
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
noun: fiction that discusses, describes, or analyzes a work of fiction or the conventions of fiction

metafiction in British English
noun: fiction that acknowledges that it is fictional or artificial

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