"It's Like We Were Being Watched ... Like There Were Only 3 Walls, And Not a Fourth Wall": Manifestations of Metafiction in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

<p>Despite the extensive collection of works related to both Joss Whedon and <em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</em>, relatively little critical attention has so far dealt with the subject of metafiction. This study aims to make use of narratological analyses as well as drawing upon relevant theorists (e.g., Patricia Waugh, Fredric Jameson) to illustrate the various different ways Whedon has consciously constructed metafiction as an integral part of his most influential television series. Additionally, the project also endeavors to show how textual self-consciousness can be housed outside of the tradition space of the diegesis in favor of a paratextual element instead. <em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</em> serves here as the primary example of this paratextual application towards television with regards to metafictional conflation. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English and Theatre

Grantor dc:publisher

Eastern Kentucky University

Year

2013

Author dc:creator

• Dempsey-Richardson, Caleb Randall

• Buffy
• Genette
• metafiction
• paratext
• postmodernism
• Whedon
• American Popular Culture
• Television

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2013 Caleb Randall Dempsey-Richardson

Repository record dc:identifier

https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/161

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:encompass.eku.edu:etd-1160