And the linear narrative didn't tell you much about the cultural resonances of his life.

The history of schizophrenia is complex and does not lend itself easily to a linear narrative.

The program didn't impose a linear narrative on American music; there isn't one.

The book does, however, start by promising a linear narrative.

The film was an experimental film for its time as it had a very linear narrative.

Fifteen years later, the linear narrative seems more entrenched than ever.

I've come to think of it as a palimpsest, but not without linear narrative.

Most important, every passage is given a clear and vivid place in a linear narrative.

This extends as well to his preference for the strong visual image over a linear narrative.

The film also made a few changes from the play, the biggest being that it discarded these scenes and was entirely linear narrative.