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The article deals with the breakdown of the co called 'grand narratives' and with processes that preceded it. The author focuses on the degradation of the traditional meaningful forms, such as myth and grand narrative, and their becoming a 'story'. He offers a detailed examination of the essential characteristics of a story. He sees the particular forms of the codification of the world as related...