The phrase "a more complex narrative" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a story or account that has multiple layers, themes, or intricacies, often in contrast to a simpler narrative.
Example: "The author chose to create a more complex narrative that delves into the characters' motivations and backgrounds."
Alternatives: "a richer storyline" or "a deeper narrative".
But ask about how Boko Haram gained momentum in the first place, and a more complex narrative emerges.
Though the world is recognizing the inauguration of the first African-American president, the story is a more complex narrative, about immigration, social mobility and the desegregation of one of the last divided institutions in American life: the family.
And aside from carnal instinct, is there a more complex narrative at work here to explain why instances of public sex being captured on camera seem to rise tenfold as soon as the sun comes out?
Nanjing, as a former capital, has a large collection of monuments and relics that suggest a longer, more complex narrative.
Although these and other subplots create a much more complex narrative framework than most filmmakers would dream of constructing, Jesse Wigutow's screenplay is one of those marvels of economy, idiomatic facility and well-chosen detail that knows exactly when to cut away from a scene without grinding it into your face.
While much of the media discourse surrounding the UCSB massacre has focused tightly on gun control, there is also a much more complex narrative at play.
Church has more complex narrative material, while Bryan sticks to tales of the good life that rest comfortably in an album titled "Crash My Party".
We should not rest content with the bone of two months for African American and women's history and the truer, richer, more complex narrative they offer.
Although they were produced on shorter schedules and with lower budgets than feature films made for theatrical distribution, made-for-TV movies could present more complex narratives than a typical episode of a series, and they were not restricted, as series episodes were, by the episodic formula.
Dan's art has become more realistic in a way, to support the more complex narratives and characters he works with.
The 1960s story, a slim and simplistic depiction of sexual betrayal and revenge, is set against a more complex recent narrative.
