Metanarrative

according to Zizek (and apparently Lacan) men's understanding of reality is didactic (‘the reality of the fiction’, ‘the reality of the virtual’ — ‘virtual’ here is simply another term for the symbolic, not as mere signs but as effectors of subjective states, national and family dynamics) — which is to say: men understand through stories.
Media
= Metanarrative Obsolescence: On “Cynical Theories,” Part 2 =
Rhizomata
Meta; Narrative;