From Philosophical Research
- metanarrative
Characteristics in draft[edit]
Properties[edit]
- prototype notes
- in my scrap about Vegeta and Asriel I realized there were multiple possible definitions of metanarrative. so here we go.
Definitions[edit]
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A line of events or ontological statements which provides insight into another line of events or ontological statements which may either be contained within it or strongly related to it.
- represented by Lexeme form
- metanarrative
- grammatical category
- noun (N)
- field or ideology Sense applies to
- arts
- natural-language name of Sense
- metanarrative (ontology of an ontology)
- usage example
- depending how a particular game chooses to adapt the story of Dragon Ball, it can present several different metanarratives
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A line of ontological statements which provides insight specifically into the relationship between the audience or player and internal lines of ontological statements or story events.
- represented by Lexeme form
- metanarrative
- grammatical category
- noun (N)
- field or ideology Sense applies to
- arts
- natural-language name of Sense
- metanarrative (ontology of fourth wall)
- usage example
- OneShot makes use of the system interface to present its metanarrative
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A line of events or ontological statements which provides insight into another line of events or ontological statements in the form of a particular subjective or partisan opinion about the meaning of the inner series of events, or a tentative hypothesis about how the inner series of objects and events really functioned or "what really happened".
- represented by Lexeme form
- metanarrative
- grammatical category
- noun (N)
- field or ideology Sense applies to
- arts
- synonym
- perspective
- analysis
- hypothesis
- narrative (biased account)
- natural-language name of Sense
- metanarrative (biased account)
- usage example
- if Kris and Susie share particular opinions on their adventures in the Dark World, they are presenting the Dark World through a kind of metanarrative
