metanarrative

English - Turkish

Definition of metanarrative in English Turkish dictionary

(Sosyoloji, Toplumbilim) istanlatı

Üst-anlatı: Bir toplumu veya tarihi özselci, indirgeyici ve genelleyici kuramsal ilkeler çerçevesinde açıklamaya çalışan, global söylem, büyük tarih felsefeleri ve toplum kuramları

üst anlatı

English - English

Definition of metanarrative in English English dictionary

A grand story that is self legitimizing

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