Essays about: "metafiktion"
Found 1 essay containing the word metafiktion.
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1. "No good being a witch unless you let people know" : The importance of performance in Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)Abstract : In this analysis of Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters, I argue that performance of the witch is the most important part of witchcraft on Discworld, and, indeed, what drives the story. To underpin this position, I understand Wyrd Sisters as a work of metafiction and parody, examine witch tropes and stories on Discworld and draw parallels to the weird sisters of Shakespeare's Macbeth. READ MORE
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