metanarrative

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If the resolution of conflict is the 'How', then the metanarrative is the 'Why'.

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  • More importantly, 'fate' as a metanarrative allows us to examine the concept of free will within a universe whose boundaries have been so clearly delineated but with such blurry precision at the same time. —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
  • If the resolution of conflict is the 'How', then the metanarrative is the 'Why'. —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
  • Rather, it holds, whatever metanarrative (the gospel and Evolution are both metanarratives) that works for you is your truth and whatever metanarrative that works for me is my truth, though your metanarrative may not be true for me, it is no less valid than mine. —  Ask Andrea
  • Kanon, regardless of which version you watched, had the metanarrative of 'repetition', if I'm not mistaken. —  Design daily news
  • Then there's the Servant / Master system, in which the metanarrative of the Nasuverse itself paints as some sort of overriding godhead figure. —  Design daily news
 

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