metafiction
noun
meta·fic·tion
ˌme-tə-ˈfik-shən 
: fiction which refers to or takes as its subject fictional writing and its conventions
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Timothy Olyphant and Brad Pitt are great leaners; Tom Cruise’s running form is famous; Julia Roberts’s toothy smile is a multigenre asset across rom-coms, metafiction, and populist thrillers.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 June 2024
But in Night Springs, the metafiction often felt more like a gimmick.
—G Kirilloff, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Portuguese filmmakers of the post-democracy era advanced the forms of docufiction and metafiction to confront a new era’s injustices and the traumas of history.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Even his nods to metafiction, a genre known for playing with form and defying traditions, feel pat.
—Stephen Kearse, Washington Post, 17 July 2024
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 June 2024
But in Night Springs, the metafiction often felt more like a gimmick.
—G Kirilloff, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Portuguese filmmakers of the post-democracy era advanced the forms of docufiction and metafiction to confront a new era’s injustices and the traumas of history.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Even his nods to metafiction, a genre known for playing with form and defying traditions, feel pat.
—Stephen Kearse, Washington Post, 17 July 2024
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“Metafiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metafiction. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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