English Literature A-Level
Metafiction and Storytelling
What Metafiction and Storytelling means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Metafiction and Storytelling
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The text is a metafictional construct where time is deliberately manipulated by the older narrator, and the epilogue shows how time alters the meaning of the preceding narrative.
Topics that use Metafiction and Storytelling
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- Time and Memory
- History and Truth
- The Past versus the Present
- The Pursuit of Knowledge
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