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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries元叙事
Pronunciation / Transliteration: yuán xùshì
"后现代主义对形形色色的元叙事持怀疑态度。"
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An overarching, all-encompassing story or comprehensive theme that provides a framework for understanding history, human experience, or knowledge.
"Postmodernism is characterized by an incredulity toward traditional metanarratives such as historical progress or religious redemption." - 2
A narrative about a narrative, often featuring self-referential commentary on the storytelling process itself.
"The novel functions as a brilliant metanarrative, constantly breaking the fourth wall to discuss its own construction."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a neoclassical compound formed from the Greek prefix 'meta-' (meaning beyond, transcending, or at a higher level) combined with the English word 'narrative' (derived from Latin 'narrativus', telling a story). It was popularized in contemporary philosophy by Jean-François Lyotard in his 1979 work 'The Postmodern Condition', where it denoted grand overarching accounts or sweeping ideological explanations of historical experience.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Metanarrative" is said worldwide
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métarécit
Transliteration: mey-ta-rey-see
"Le philosophe critique les grands métarécits de la modernité."
Metaerzählung
Transliteration: me-ta-ert-soy-lung
"Die Postmoderne lehnt den Glauben an universelle Metaerzählungen ab."
metaracconto
Transliteration: me-ta-ra-kcon-to
"Il romanzo si presenta come un metaracconto sulla letteratura stessa."
metarrelato
Transliteration: me-ta-rre-la-to
"La posmodernidad cuestiona cualquier metarrelato emancipador."
metanarrativa
Transliteration: me-ta-na-rra-ti-va
"A obra desconstrói a metanarrativa tradicional do herói."
बृहद् वृत्तांत
Transliteration: brihad vrittant
"उत्तर-आधुनिकतावाद ने सभी बड़े बृहद् वृत्तांतों को अस्वीकार कर दिया।"
元叙事
Transliteration: yuán xùshì
"后现代主义对形形色色的元叙事持怀疑态度。"
메타서사
Transliteration: meta-seosa
"포스트모더니즘은 거대한 메타서사의 종말을 선언했습니다."
メタ物語
Transliteration: meta monogatari
"ポストモダニズムは歴史のメタ物語を疑う。"
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