Understanding metalepsis : the hermeneutics of narrative transgression Understanding Metalepsis provides a state of the art overview of the narratological concept of metalepsis and develops new ways of investigating the forms and functions of metaleptic narratives. Informed by a hermeneutic perspective this study offers not only an account of the complexities that characterize the process of understanding metaleptic phenomena but also metatheoretical insights into the hermeneutics of narratology