meta-fictional work

C40996
concept

A meta-fictional work is a narrative that self-consciously draws attention to its own status as a constructed fiction, often by breaking the fourth wall, commenting on storytelling conventions, or featuring characters aware they are in a story.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
metafiction 6
metaphysical fiction work 2
meta-fictional work canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: meta-fictional work
Generated description
A meta-fictional work is a narrative that self-consciously draws attention to its own status as a constructed fiction, often by breaking the fourth wall, commenting on storytelling conventions, or featuring characters aware they are in a story.

Instances (11)

Instance Via concept surface
Irma Vep
surface form: Irma Vep (TV miniseries)
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Flaubert's Parrot metafiction
My Life as a Fake metafiction
The Knight of the Burning Pestle metatheatrical work
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius metafiction
The Garden of Forking Paths metafictional narrative
The Circular Ruins metaphysical fiction work
First Among Sequels metafiction
The Pension Grillparzer metafiction
Promethea metaphysical fiction work
Timequake metafiction