metatextual

comparative more metatextual · superlative most metatextual · alternative meta-textual

1. Constituting self-referential text (text about the text); for example, as mentioned earlier herein.
2. Of or pertaining to metatextuality.

   Still, the meta-textual cleverness of the whole affair takes a little while to settle into, partly because the early storylines feel so routine.

   2016 October 2, David Sims, “Westworld Is a Grand Saga of Gunslingers and Robots”, in The Atlantic

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   The metatextual tweak to the then-tired franchise was a creative shot in the arm, and though it didn’t set the box office on fire, it set the stage for Scream’s brilliant deconstruction of the genre.

   2017 October 27, Alex McLevy, “Making a Killing: The Brief Life and Bloody Death of the Post-Scream Slasher Revival”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2018