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This is a partial list of works that use metafictional ideas. Metafiction is intentional allusion or reference to a work's fictional nature. It is commonly used for humorous or parodic effect, and has appeared in a wide range of mediums, including writing, film, theatre, and video gaming.
S. (Dorst novel) Save Me the Waltz; The Sea Came in at Midnight; Seven Surrenders; Sexing the Cherry; Silverlock; Slaughterhouse-Five; Slow Man; A Smuggler's Bible; Snow (Pamuk novel) Snow White (Barthelme novel) So Long, See You Tomorrow (novel) The Solitudes (novel) Sombrero Fallout: A Japanese Novel; Something Rotten (Fforde novel) Sophie's ...
Works of metafiction, fiction which self-consciously address the devices of fiction. For works of fiction within fiction, see Category:Creative works in fiction Subcategories
Board books, picture books, novels, chapter books — and even a cookbook and experiment-filled science book — made the list. One more thing: Since kids like to imitate adults, make sure they ...
The scene evokes an explicitly metafictional response to the problem (and by addressing a problem of the novel one is just reading but also a general problem, the excerpt is thus an example of both direct and indirect metafiction, which may additionally be classified as generally media-centred, non-critical metafiction).
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Metafiction is frequently used as a form of parody or a tool to undermine literary conventions and explore the relationship between literature and reality, life, and art.Although metafiction is most commonly associated with postmodern literature that developed in the mid-20th century, its use can be traced back to much earlier works of fiction.
The children's writer Elinor Lyon, in an autobiographical introduction to a reprint of the first book in her series about a pair of adventurous young siblings on the west coast of Scotland, remembers feeling a "dislike of the characters in Swallows and Amazons who are so good at things like sailing. I thought I'd have children who got things ...