Meaning of metastory | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An overarching story having other stories embedded within it.
2. A story about stories themselves.

Examples

“Once analytic units have been identified, the researcher will often combine the narratives of individual participants into a metastory.”

“A game like chess, for example, may not really have a well-scripted narrative but its structure is certainly informed by a metastory of two armies (black and white, with varying significances) engaged in strategic battle.”

“The Assassin's Creed franchise is framed within a present day metastory involving a major corporation that may or may not be run by Templars.”

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