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First meta narrative work9/25/2023 ![]() Metafiction describes the capacity of fiction to reflect on its own status as fiction and thus refers to all self-reflexive utterances which thematize the fictionality (in the sense of imaginary reference and/or constructedness) of narrative. Therefore, the widely-used umbrella term metafiction not only needs to be elaborated, but a clear distinction also has to be made between metanarration and other forms of self-reflexive narration. ![]() However, these two types of narrative self-reflexivity differ greatly, and this difference has tended to be ignored in most existing typologies. Metanarration and metafiction therefore have one point in common, namely their self-reflexive or self-referential character. The terms “metanarration” and “metafiction” are both based on the model of metalanguage, which designates a (system of) language positioned on a level above the ordinary use of words for referential purpose (Fludernik 2003: 15). narrative utterances about narrative rather than fiction about fiction. Thus, whereas metafictionality designates the quality of disclosing the fictionality of a narrative, metanarration captures those forms of self-reflexive narration in which aspects of narration are addressed in the narratorial discourse, i.e. Although they are related and often used interchangeably, the terms should be distinguished: metanarration refers to the narrator’s reflections on the act or process of narration metafiction concerns comments on the fictionality and/or constructedness of the narrative. comments referring to the discourse rather than to the story. ![]() Metanarration and metafiction are umbrella terms designating self-reflexive utterances, i.e. ![]()
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