Here as elsewhere, Mr. Ludwig's book does a nifty job of condensing the novel, maintaining its episodic character but cleverly joining elements from different scenes to keep the narrative bobbing along.
The Raghuvaṃśa is famous for its beautiful descriptions and incidental narratives, which give the poem a somewhat episodic character; among them are a description of the six seasons (spring, summer, rainy, autumn, winter, and dewy) and the story of a young hermit who went to the river to fill a water jar for his parents and was killed by a stray arrow.
As mentioned above, phototoxicity has a high degree of variability due to its episodic character.
Furthermore, gene loss has been reported to be a more uniform, 'clock-like' process than gene gain, which shows a stronger episodic character [ 19, 29].
Initially, the pain has an episodic character and can be relieved by rest, but with disease progression the pain intensifies and becomes more constant.
SCD is a good illustration of the imperative to recognise the body-in-pain, since the pain is generally held to be excruciating and its episodic character psychologically challenging (Midence and Elander 1994).
The books are episodic; her characters go from encounter to encounter, in the course of finding out how they feel.
As in an episodic novel, characters are introduced with lyrical ﬿ourishes and often tersely dispatched by disappearance or death.
As in an episodic novel, characters are introduced with lyrical flourishes and often tersely dispatched by disappearance or death.
Baker tinkers with standard linearity, delivering a seeming jumble of episodic sketches, character snapshots, historical aperçus and religion lessons that nevertheless, arranged chronologically almost on the sly, get the story told, and her essential understanding of unadorned cause and effect comes through.
