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metafiction

genre of fiction about fiction
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metafiction

Summary

metafiction is a fiction genre[1]. metafiction has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • metafiction's instance of is recorded as fiction genre[3].
  • metafiction's instance of is recorded as literary genre[4].
  • metafiction is a type of fiction[5].
  • metafiction's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Metafiction[6].
  • metafiction's main subject is prose[7].
  • metafiction's described at URL is recorded as http://edebiyat.k12.org.tr/kavramlar/Üstkurmaca/5[8].
  • metafiction's facet of is recorded as breaking the fourth wall[9].
  • metafiction's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[10].
  • metafiction's different from is recorded as transtextuality[11].
  • metafiction's uses is recorded as recursion[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include fiction genre[3] and literary genre[4]. metafiction is a type of fiction[5].

Why It Matters

metafiction has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] metafiction is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → MSkJz
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 8w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → transtextuality
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → fiction genre, literary genre
    Instance of → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17999, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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