metastory
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3ADJ.
informed, major, present
METASTORY + NOUN
armies
PREP.
into
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noun
An overarching story having other stories embedded within it.
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.
A story about stories themselves.
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3Once analytic units have been identified, the researcher will often combine the narratives of individual participants into a metastory.
WiktionaryA 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
WiktionaryThe 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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