Sentence examples for narrative frame from inspiring English sources

That this is meant to resonate through history is communicated through a cheeky, effective narrative frame.

The problem, as I have suggested, is that the narrative frame that surrounds these lovely pictures complicates and undermines them.

Marguerite's collection of tales held together in a narrative frame is one of the major landmarks in the creation of the modern French realist novel.

"Best Kept Secret" is an exemplary documentary: It spotlights an important issue yet never seeks to squeeze the truth into an easily digestible narrative frame.

There is a levity to the way in which very consequential actions — homosexual flings, broken marriages, suicide — flit through the narrative frame; credibility suffers.

The writers — the book is credited to Hughes, Mr. Marks and Kent Gash, who also directed — haven't found a compelling narrative frame for the songs.

The mistakes begin with the narrative framing device.

Social scientists say that our perception of reality is altered by the narrative "framing" of events.

I had further problems with a rather cumbersome narrative framing device.

Yet even that is not enough: Danielewski piles on even more narrative frames, ultimately to the novel's detriment.

There's an irritating narrative framing device, wherein Animal is supposedly speaking into a tape machine, which is quickly forgotten until its unwelcome return in the final pages.