Simple narratives were fine for announcing dramatic breakthroughs — like articles introducing the stethoscope, in 1821, and ether anesthesia, in 1846.
Modern electronic media, with their instant "analyses" and search for simple, vivid narratives, heighten this dependence and the resulting anger when public/personal problems aren't immediately fixed.
But others warned of such simple narratives.
He did, however, praise the show for having "the same simple narrative told from a kid's viewpoint, and the same regard for unvarnished reality [as Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High].
The prosecutors' goal at this stage is to construct a strong, simple narrative for the jury of six women, five whites and one Hispanic.
But we tend to find a simple narrative for each decade.
The next step was to develop a simple narrative for the show with two different stages (or phases), using the gallery's exhibition settings (there are two rooms separated by a large hallway).
Twenty-one months to go … Salma Yaqoob, former leader of Respect "The first and most important thing is the need for a very strong and simple narrative.
"Cache Lake Country" is a gem for many reasons -- a simple narrative, the ways in which it conveys the workaday joys and exertions of life in the wilderness, the woodcraft techniques it illustrates, and the slow and pleasurable way in which the soul of a serene man is revealed.
The novel's spare style grows partly from Earley's depression, during which he became fascinated with classic children's books -- Little House on the Prairie," "The Chronicles of Narnia," "Charlotte's Web," "The Yearling" -- and decided to attempt "a children's book for adults, to use that simple narrative and that really clear language and yet use it to tell a complex story".
