# Metaization, Metareference and metalepsis [Wikipedia Link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metafiction) ( ongoing ) ## Description Metareference, metafiction, and metalepsis across contemporary art and media — self-referential and boundary-crossing devices by which a work draws attention to its own fictionality or medium. ## Key Tags #metareference #metafiction ## Essential Works - Wolf, Werner. *The Metareferential Turn in Contemporary Arts and Media* - foundational edited volume defining metareference as a cross-medial phenomenon - Hofstadter, Douglas R. *I Am a Strange Loop* - theorizes self-reference and "strange loops" relevant to metalepsis - "Metareference in Three Selected Works by Charlie Kaufman" - case study applying metareference theory to Kaufman's films ## Details ### Key Theorists - Werner Wolf - defined and mapped "metareference" as a cross-medial phenomenon - Douglas Hofstadter - theorized self-referential "strange loops" underlying metafictional and metaleptic structures ### Exemplary Practitioners - Charlie Kaufman - filmmaker whose work (*Synecdoche, New York*, *Adaptation*) is a recurring case study in metareference scholarship gathered here ### Related Concepts - [[Forbidden Media]] - shares an interest in self-referential and ontology-breaking media ### Creative and Technical Practices %% none yet %% ### Associated Movements or Institutions %% none yet %% ## References ### Primary Sources Bibliography %% none yet %% ### Secondary Sources Bibliography “[Metareference in Three Selected Works by Charlie Kaufman](https://unipub.uni-graz.at/obvugrhs/content/titleinfo/1255732/full.pdf).” n.d. Hofstadter, Douglas R. _I Am a Strange Loop_. Basic Books, 2007. Wolf, Werner. _The Metareferential Turn in Contemporary Arts and Media_. Brill, 2011. [https://brill.com/display/title/30689](https://brill.com/display/title/30689).