metafictive
- adjective
- /ˌmɛtəˈfɪktɪv/
- Literature
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metafictivo
- In her novel, the author uses metafictive elements to remind readers that they are reading a story.
- metafictive devices
- metafictive picturebooks
- metafictive nature
Examples
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Following an overview of postmodern picturebooks and metafictive devices, the author provides an analysis of the metafictive devices evident in the picturebook NO BEARS (McKinlay & Rudge, 2012).
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Through their experiences with picturebooks with metafictive devices, students can grow in their abilities as readers.
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As discussed previously, metafictive devices distance readers from texts.
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As discussed previously, metafictive texts draw attention to their status as fiction and text through the use of a number of devices or techniques.
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Christopher Robin is a metafictive character in the sense that he appears on two different diegetic levels.
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Data analysis revealed how the students were able to identify, understand, interpret, and create narratives that were ambiguous, complex, and metafictive in nature.
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The oral and written responses of students in grades 3-7 also demonstrated the development of a metalanguage to talk about the metafictive devices.
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The article concludes with a discussion of how postmodern picturebooks with metafictive devices can contribute to students' development as readers, writers, and creative thinkers.
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Patricia Waugh includes fantasy among metafictive devices (Waugh 108-14).
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The inclusion of visual images and graphic elements, metafictive devices, nonlinear structures, and multiple narrators signals postmodern and avant-garde influences on contemporary novels.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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A story or film that shows it is made up
How Self-Aware
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word metafictive comes from the prefix meta- meaning 'about itself' and the part fictive, from the same root as fiction, meaning 'made up'. So a metafictive work is a made-up story that shows it is a story and makes the reader notice the act of telling.