Questions tagged [metafiction]
Questions about metafiction, a type of fiction that self-consciously draws attention to its status as an artefact. Metafiction became prominent in the 1960s but there are earlier examples, such as Laurence Sterne's novel 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman' (1759).
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Metafictionality in Chapter 11 of David Copperfield?
In Chapter 11 of David Copperfield, the eponymous narrator describes how Mr Micawber, in debtors' prison, draws up a petition for reforming the law around such imprisonment. He and his friend Captain ...
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Why is "The Crying of Lot 49" considered metafiction?
Why is Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 considered metafiction?
I've read some articles about historiographic metafiction in The Crying of Lot 49, but still can't understand it.
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If a novel has different narrators for each chapter, is it metafictional?
If every chapter of a novel has as its narrator a different character, is it an example of a metafictional novel? I presume it is not specific to metafiction to have multiple narrators, but can a ...
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Are the terms "metatextuality / metareference / metareferentiality" synonyms? Is the following definition correct?
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I would like to know if I understood correctly that "metatextuality / metareference / metareferentiality" are synonyms and can be used interchangeably. Finally I summarize what I ...
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In what way is The Lord of the Rings metafiction?
As a student, I read metafictional novels such as Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys and If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino. When I checked the Wikipedia article Metafiction, I found, much ...
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What is the meaning of the blue X in the Three Attic Whalestoe Letters in House of Leaves?
In the middle of Appendix E of House of Leaves, "The Three Attic Whalestoe Letters", a mysterious blue "X" appears through the middle of an "e" on the page.
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Why did the author of The Dictionary of the Khazars publish a "male" and "female" edition, and what's the significance of the textual differences?
The author of The Dictionary of the Khazars, Milorad Pavic, published two editions: the Male Edition, and the Female Edition of the Dictionary. The two sections critically differ in only a few ...
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