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What is the one-word term for: "A narrative or dramatic technique in literature in which the line between reality and fiction is intentionally blurred, often involving self-referentiality or characters aware of their fictional nature."

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Metafiction

Metafiction is correct.

Metafiction is writing that draws attention to its own status as fiction. It blurs the line between reality and fiction through self-reference, for example characters who know they are in a story or a narrator who talks about writing the book.

Allegory is a story whose characters and events stand for deeper moral or political meanings. Surrealism is an artistic movement presenting dream-like, irrational images. A parable is a short story that teaches a moral or religious lesson. None of these is defined by self-referentiality.

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