Abstract
The present study is to investigate the use of metafiction in two of Ian McEwan’s novels. The study starts with a theoretical framework to explore the historical roots of metafiction as well as the pioneering literary figures and critics who tackled it. The practical part of the study is an attempt to discuss the use of metafiction as a central narrative technique as employed in Atonement in which Briony is in the heart of metafiction as an icon for writing. In the second novel, Sweet Tooth, Serena is the core of metafiction , but this time she is an icon for reading. All in all, the study focuses on the metafictionist versus the author in the text as embodied in McEwan’s two novels.
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