metafiction
US /ˌmet.əˈfɪk.ʃən/
UK /ˌmet.əˈfɪk.ʃən/
名詞
元小說
fiction in which the author self-consciously alludes to the artificiality or literariness of a work by deliberately breaking narrative conventions and drawing attention to its own status as an artifact.
範例:
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Many postmodern novels employ metafiction to explore the nature of storytelling.
許多後現代小說運用元小說來探討敘事的本質。
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The author's use of metafiction made the reader aware of the book as a constructed reality.
作者對元小說的運用使讀者意識到這本書是一種建構的現實。