Reflexive Modes and Narrative Production
Metatextual Discourse in Contemporary American Narrative
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8894718 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruth Mackay (0000-0002-7540-8508, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-84 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-7720 • E-ISSN: 1710-114X |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cras.2013.034 |
| OpenAlex | W1999096907 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Nearly half a century has passed since the emergence of metafiction as a critical category. The self-consciousness associated with metafiction, however, has undergone profound transformations in the intervening period. Self-reflexivity—often a comedic destabilization and a simultaneous celebration of narrative structure—continues to emerge in increasingly complicated ways. This article examines contemporary metatextual discourse within the specific histories of literature and television but reads individual texts within the context of changing production values. It argues that metatextuality is an aesthetic suited to the precise demands of a context characterized by new narrative forms and platforms for production
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Consciousness · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Literature · Metafiction · Narrative · Reflexivity · Sociology · Anthropology · Cinema and Media Studies · Digital Games and Media · History · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |