Examples include:

• Enlightenment Rationalism – This narrative celebrates progress through reason and science, positing that human history is a journey toward greater knowledge and freedom.

• Marxism – It views history as a struggle between social classes, with inevitable progress toward a classless society through revolutionary change.

• The Christian Salvation History – A religious grand narrative that sees history as a divinely orchestrated story of sin, redemption, and eventual restoration.

• Nationalist Progress Narratives – These explain a nation’s history as a coherent story of development, unity, and achievement, often emphasizing a unique cultural or historical destiny.