metafiction Syllabification: (met·a·fic·tion)Pronunciation: /ˈmetəˌfikSHən/Definition of metafiction noun fiction in which the author self-consciously alludes to the artificiality or literariness of a work by parodying or departing from novelistic conventions (especially naturalism) and traditional narrative techniques. Derivatives metafictionalPronunciation: /ˌmetəˈfikSHənl/ adjective metafiction in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of metafiction in the British & World English dictionary
