grand narrative

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In critical theory, and particularly postmodernism, a metanarrative (sometimes master- or grand narrative) is an abstract idea that is supposed to be a comprehensive explanation of historical experience or knowledge. According to John Stephens it "is a global or totalizing cultural narrative schema which orders and explains knowledge and experience". The prefix meta means "beyond" and is here used to mean "about", and a narrative is a story. Therefore, a metanarrative is a story about a story, encompassing and explaining other 'little stories' within totalizing schemas
grand narrative

    Hyphenation

    grand nar·ra·tive

    Turkish pronunciation

    gränd närıtîv

    Pronunciation

    /ˈgrand ˈnarətəv/ /ˈɡrænd ˈnærətɪv/
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