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A contrasting example to this set of metanarrative interferences is provided, for example, by a minimally narrated narrative reporting what Astyages learned about the meaning of his daughter’s two successive dreams and how he reacted to the information (1.107–108.3). Astyages is the embedded focalizer of the events; whoever is telling this ...
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Based on these arguments, we make the hypothesis that the correlation between the presence of an integrated metanarrative in the life of a leader and leadership effectiveness is explained by metanarrative’s capacity for the production of personal meaning in the life of a leader. As such, personal meaning, resulting from metanarrative ...
Second, metanarrativity (or metanarrative commentary) is a narratological term for self-reflexive narration in which the narrators reflect on their own process of narration (see, e.g., Fludernik 1996, 2003; Neumann and Nünning 2014; Macrae 2019). These approaches leave out two central dimensions of self-reflexive sto-rytelling: metanarrative ...
Aug 15, 2019 · The essay argues that while most of the postcolonial literature has focused on the internalising or challenging of metanarratives by postcolonial subjects, the metanarratives have also been used by the postcolonial subjects as a rhetoric to advance their personal aims. Such an approach by the subject is guided by its own utility and not by its ...
Apr 3, 2023 · In literature, metanarrative refers to the overarching story or structure that frames a narrative. For example, in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, the metanarrative is the struggle between good and evil, which influences the actions and motivations of the characters throughout the story.
Definition. 1 Metanarration and metafiction are umbrella terms designating self-reflexive utterances, i.e. comments referring to the discourse rather than to the story. Although they are related and often used interchangeably, the terms should be distinguished: metanarration refers to the narrator’s reflections on the act or process of ...
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