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- Whereas narrative represents the story as it is manipulated by the discourse, metanarrative speaks about the narrative and exists as a func- tion of the discourse.
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Whereas narrative represents the story as it is manipulated by the discourse, metanarrative speaks about the narrative and exists as a func-tion of the discourse. Minimally narrated narrative consists of passages that approximate the concept of pure narrative, or objective mimesis, of hears/reads is a text.”
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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 narration; metafiction concerns comments on the fictionality and/or constructedness of the narrative.
Narrative and Metanarrative. The aim of this chapter is to identify different levels of narrative in Herodotus' text. I first define narrative in the strict sense, as opposed to metanarrative, and then distinguish self-referential from referential meta- narrative.
In social theory, a metanarrative (also master narrative, or meta-narrative and grand narrative; French: métarécit or grand récit) is an overarching narrative about smaller historical narratives, which offers a society legitimation through the anticipated completion of a (as yet unrealized) master idea.
Meta and narrative are both literary devices that play with the structure and form of a story. While narrative refers to the actual story being told, meta refers to a story within a story or a self-referential element that comments on the storytelling process itself.
Apr 3, 2023 · Metanarrative, also known as grand narrative, is a term used to describe the overarching stories or narratives that serve as the foundation for how we understand the world around us. These narratives are often complex, multifaceted, and can be influenced by factors such as cultural, social, historical, and political contexts.
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He starts out from a distinction between. metanarration and metafiction, arguing that metanarration "thematizes the act and/or process of narration", whereas metafiction "discloses the arte- factual nature of the narrated or the act of narration" ("eine Bloßlegung der.
