metafiction

genre of fiction about fiction
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metafiction

Summary

metafiction is a fiction genre[1]. metafiction draws 1,028 Wikipedia views per month (fiction_genre category, ranking #7 of 59).[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 draws 1,028 Wikipedia views per month (fiction_genre category, ranking #7 of 59).[2] metafiction has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] metafiction is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). metafiction. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/metafiction
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_metafiction_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{metafiction}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/metafiction}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 1d 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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