出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/03/10 18:26 UTC 版)
From meta- (“transcending; of a level above”) + narrative (“recitation of a story”).
metanarrative (plural metanarratives)
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/25 08:05 UTC 版)
In critical theory, and particularly postmodernism, a metanarrative (from metagrand narrative) is an abstract idea that is thought 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 narrative is a story constructed in a sequential fashion. Therefore, a metanarrative is a story about a story, encompassing and explaining other "little stories" within totalizing schemes.