Metafiction: The Theory and Practice of Self-Conscious Fiction

ISBN-13: 9780415030069 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 186 str.

Patricia Waugh

Opis

Metafication focuses on the state of contemporary fiction in Britain and America and explores the political, social and economic factors which have an effet on the critical judgement of fiction.

Spis treści

General editor's preface. Acknowledgements. 1. What is metafiction and why are they saying such awful things about it? 2. Literary self-consciousness: developments 3. Literary evolution: the place of parody 4. Are novelists liars? The ontological status of literary-fictional discourse 5. Fictionality and context: from role-playing to language games Notes. Bibliography. Further reading.

O autorze

Patricia Waugh