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Since the 1980s, the term metanarrative has replaced the formerly used phrase philosophy of history. The prefix meta (Greek for beyond) indicated a narrative that overarched other narratives.
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Poststructuralist Postmodernism: Spur to the New and...
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Structured along a rough chronology, we will explore the history of history, from the likes of Ranke and Braudel to the cultural, linguistic and other important "turns" that reshaped the discipline and are the fundamental prehistory of global history.
- Francisco Moreno Rivera
Although first used earlier in the 20th century, the term was brought into prominence by Jean-François Lyotard in 1979, with his claim that the postmodern was characterized precisely by mistrust of the "grand narratives" (such as ideas about Progress, Enlightenment, Emancipation, and Marxism) that had formed an essential part of modernity. [7]
Oct 1, 2019 · In this paper, I provide an introduction to the papers in this issue, set within a reflection on the challenges to metanarratives that are evolving as a result of the engagement between...
- Annie Ross
What is meant by metanarrative is not evident at first sight, but a definition that will serve is ‘narratives that attempt to explain the nature of the human condition’, or ‘why things on a broad scale got to be the way they are’.
- Willie Thompson
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When Jean-Francois Lyotard defined the postmodern condition as a state of incredulity toward metanarratives, he set the stage for a series of ongoing debates about the various narrative systems by which human society orders and gives meaning, unity, and "universality" to its experience.
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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. My discussion is especially indebted to three sets of works: nar-
