fiction that acknowledges that it is fictional or artificial
Metafiction simply cannot enchant in the way that a straightforward classical narrativeis able to do.
metafiction in American English
(ˈmɛtəˌfɪkʃən)
noun
1.
fiction in which the mediating function of the author and the technical methods used in writing are self-consciously emphasized and in which the traditional concern with verisimilitude is minimized