1. relating to or characteristic of metafiction; describing fiction that self-consciously addresses the devices of fiction
Usage: literary criticism

Examples

• The novel’s metafictional elements include characters who discuss the act of writing.
• Her metafictional approach breaks the fourth wall by addressing readers directly.
• The author uses metafictional techniques to question the nature of storytelling.
• This metafictional work examines its own construction as a narrative.
• The play’s metafictional structure reveals the artifice of theatrical performance.
• Critics praised the book’s clever metafictional commentary on genre conventions.