a type of play, novel, etc. that experiments with or explores the idea of telling a story, often by drawing attention to the fact that it is an invented story, not an account of real events 元叙事: 一种尝试或探索讲述故事的想法的戏剧,小说等类型,通常是通过吸引人们注意它是一个虚构的故事,而不是对真实事件的解释这一事实Don Quixote is a work of fiction but also a metanarrative. 《堂吉诃德》是一部小说,也是一部元叙事作品。
an overall account of things that enables people to find belief, pattern and meaning in their experiences 元叙事: 对事物的总体描述,使人们能够在经历中找到信念,模式和意义Traditional religions provide stories that deliver a metanarrative about how we should live our lives. 传统宗教提供的故事传达了我们应该如何生活的元叙事。