Over the last twenty years, novelists have tended to become much more conscious of the theoretical issues involved in constructing fictions. In consequence, their novels have tended to embody dimensions of self-reflexivity and formal uncertainty. What connects not only these quotations but also all of the very different writers whom one could refer to as broadly 'meta-fictional', is that they all explore a theory of fiction through the practice of writing fiction.
There are seven syllables in autobiographical
Yes they are ALL autobiographical!
Exploring issues of identity
Pertaining to, or containing, autobiography; as, an autobiographical sketch.
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Sometimes fiction writers use autobiographical details in their writing. An autobiographical novel may actually be written mostly by a co-author.
Autobiographical means pertaining to one's own life. If you are explaining a definition to someone online, and you use a story from your own life as an example, then you are being autobiographical. This happened to me just today, in fact. :D Below is a link to the dictionary.com definition of autobiographical. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/autobiographical
Parts of Charles Dicken's novel "Great Expectations" is autobiographical. Some believe that Alice Walker's book, "The Color Purple" is autobiographical, others disagree.
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