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1 year ago in Literary Theory , Literature By Natasha

How is historiographic metafiction typically classified within postmodern literary studies?

 The term appears frequently in postmodern criticism.However, its scope and classification can feel ambiguous.I want a clearer sense of how scholars situate it theoretically.

 

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By Suma Answered 10 months ago

 From my experience teaching postmodern fiction, historiographic metafiction is best understood as a submode rather than a rigid category. I have seen it used to describe texts that simultaneously question historical truth and narrative authority. I would recommend treating it as a critical lens within postmodernism, one that exposes how histories are constructed, narrated, and contested rather than simply recorded.

 

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