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What is a metanarrative? The story of stories?
yes, somewhat. like, a story that fills gaps and makes other stories believable.
Like, all stories in some branches of Christianity ultimately fall under the metanarrative that there's a heaven and a hell, and God loves us, and is willing to forgive our sins if we take some kind of appropriate action.
since that metanarrative exists, other, smaller stories can make sense, because they fit in that framework. ..like "miracle happened to Bob" and "we have to save the people who are potentially going to hell" and "the actions of others that conflict with my views are really satan trying to break my faith", which all make sense if you believe the metanarrative, but may not if you don't.
the same things happens politically. "death is the scariest thing", or "people make their own choices", or whatever. The metanarrative may or may not be true, but it's still the story that makes the others make sense.