metafiction
noun
- 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
- a work of such fiction
See metafiction in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(mĕtˈə-fĭkˌshən)
noun Fiction that deals, often playfully and self-referentially, with the writing of fiction or its conventions.
Related Forms:
- metˌa·ficˈtion·al adjective