This is in contrast to a narrative or history, which sets selected events in a meaningful interpretive context and excludes those the author does not see as important.

We are enabled thus to contrast Tacitus with Josephus, who warped his narrative to do honour to Titus.

Though Gregory conveys political and other messages through the Historia, and these are studied very closely, historians generally agree that this contrast is the central and ever-present narrative device.

Scholars cannot with any certainty prove the authorship of Jeremiah, although consensus has gathered around a thesis of multiple sources, mainly because of the contrast between the poetic discourses and the prose narrative.

In contrast, the narrative surrounding Fox has been critiqued as illustrating the media's focus on stereotyped portrayals of the heroic and extraordinary achievements of people with disabilities, rather than more mundane accomplishments.

Many films have magical realist narrative and events that contrast between real and magical elements, or different modes of production.

In contrast with most of Handel's oratorios, the singers in Messiah do not assume dramatic roles, there is no single, dominant narrative voice, and very little use is made of quoted speech.

By contrast, antiquarian works as a literary form are organized by topic, and any narrative is short and illustrative, in the form of anecdotes.

Rather than having a clear, chronologically ordered narrative, the movie switches between the summer and the winter plotlines, depicting the differences in Mathieu's life at both points, as well as establishing the contrast between one and the other visually.

By contrast, ordinary narrative documentation is more susceptible to drifting from the implementation of the program and will thus become outdated ( e. g., design changes, feature creep, relaxed practices in keeping documents up-to-date ).

When the narrative focus returns to the point of view of the Israelites, the contrast between Balaam's voiced opinion of them, and their actual behaviour, is distinctly noticeable.

By contrast, William Manchester, in his narrative history The Glory and the Dream, recounts a diametrically opposite response:

Many Biblical scholars concluded that the account was a piece of political spin, which had been intended to disguise atrocities carried out by the tribe of Judah against Benjamin, probably in the time of King David as an act of revenge or spite by David against the associates of King Saul, by casting them further back in time, and adding a more justifiable motive ; more recently, scholars have suggested that it is more likely for the narrative to be based on a kernel of truth, particularly since it accounts for the stark contrast in the biblical narrative between the character of the tribe before the incident, and its character afterward.

As choreographer, Berkeley was allowed a certain degree of independence in his direction of musical numbers, and they were often markedly distinct from ( and sometimes in contrast to ) the narrative sections of the films.

Many, especially on weapons, recorded only the date, maker and so on, in contrast with earlier narrative contents.

In common with other literary approaches ( and in contrast to historical forms of criticism ), narrative criticism treats the text as a unit, and focusses on narrative structure and composition, plot development, themes and motifs, characters and characterisation.

In contrast, Bordwell states that "... the art cinema motivates its narrative by two principles: realism and authorial expressivity.

Given that the eponymous Miss Lonelyhearts and his fellow protagonists are struggling for existential meaning and interpersonal relationships in the uncertain, threatening sociopolitical context of the Great Depression, Dick may have intended this citation as a parallel narrative to the similar alienation, existential and interpersonal crises of his own protagonists in a world on the brink of Nazi-Japanese nuclear war after the Axis won World War II in its alternative universe ( and, as an ironic contrast, our own ).

Freudians perhaps inevitably have their own ideas about the symbolism of an airplane in the formation of the unconscious and the sexual psyche, and this contrast provides narrative suspense.

In contrast to Fate / stay night, Fate / Zero is a series of light novels instead of a visual novel, and is told in a third person narrative that follows the actions of multiple characters.

In contrast to the scenes around the portrait, all of these scenes except Christ led from Pilate were to remain very common in large narrative cycles throughout the Middle Ages and beyond.

For Greeks of the Classical age, the contrast between the lifestyles of the two became the most salient element in the narrative ; in Euripides ' Antiope the best-recalled scene was where the two brothers in debate contrasted their active and contemplative lives.

In contrast, a critic in the humanities can choose to adopt an array of stances ( e. g., Marxist criticism, Freudian criticism, Deconstruction, 19th-century-style literary criticism ), which may be more or less fashionable during any given period but which are all regarded as legitimate.

By contrast, teasing never touches on the core issue, never makes a serious criticism judging the target with irony ; it never harms the target's conduct, ideology and position of power ; it never undermines the perception of his morality and cultural dimension.

In contrast with Nathan-Turner's attitude that the sonic screwdriver should not be used as a cure-all, the new production team gave it even more functionality than previous versions which has given the series some criticism as it seems to be a deus ex machina, a literary device that is generally avoided.

By contrast, in modern discourse, the term supersessionism arises as a criticism of a ( perceived ) Christian belief in Jewish exclusion, not as a Christian articulation of their own understanding of the relation between the Christians and Jews.

By contrast, nonjustificational criticism works towards attacking claims themselves.

The play casts criticism on authoritarian religious leaders and also depicts the positive and colorful view of life and generous spirit of a character in the play, which is in stark contrast to that of another character, an authoritarian religious leader.

L. T. Fitz outwardly claims that early criticism of Antony and Cleopatra is “ colored by the sexist assumptions the critics have brought with them to their reading .” Fitz argues that previous criticisms place a heavy emphasis on Cleopatra ’ s “ wicked and manipulative ” ways, which are further emphasized by her association with Egypt and her contrast to the “ chaste and submissive ” Roman Octavia.

Robin Campbell, a translator of Seneca's letters, writes that the " stock criticism of Seneca right down the centuries been ... the apparent contrast between his philosophical teachings and his practice.

The denomination of which Chitwood was a part received much criticism for its intrusive practices and was characterized as a cult, but in contrast to Chitwood's fundamentalist underpinnings, the Orthodox monastery has created an ironic cultural juxtaposition.

His work Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, a piece of social criticism produced with graphic designer John Heartfield in 1929, could hardly provide a greater contrast.

The phrase lower criticism is used to describe the contrast between textual criticism and " higher " criticism, which is the endeavor to establish the authorship, date, and place of composition of the original text.

Some of the fan criticism is due to Jones ' high visibility and involvement as the " face of the team " which is in stark contrast to original owner Clint Murchison Jr.

Popper regarded theories that have survived criticism as better corroborated in proportion to the amount and stringency of the criticism, but, in sharp contrast to the inductivist theories of knowledge, emphatically as less likely to be true.

The " pop music industry expects that any particular critic star can disappear within five years ; in contrast, the " stars " of rock criticism are more likely to have long careers with " book contracts, featured columns, and editorial and staff positions at magazines and newspapers.

The criticism is often indirect, focusing on the good deeds or innocence of others in contrast.

Wilson approached the woman and gave her constructive criticism towards her style in contrast to the pedestrians whose reactions were positive yet dishonest.

In contrast, the study of the historical Jesus goes beyond the question of his historicity and attempts to reconstruct portraits of his life and teachings, based on methods such as biblical criticism of gospel texts and the history of first century Judea.

Reader-response criticism is a school of literary theory that focuses on the reader ( or " audience ") and his or her experience of a literary work, in contrast to other schools and theories that focus attention primarily on the author or the content and form of the work.

His religious tolerance of Christians and the freedom given Western workers sojourning in the UAE was in marked contrast to most neighbours in the region and exposed him to criticism from other much more conservative nations.

The most common criticism of full-reserve banking, and by contrast, argument for fractional reserve banking, is the need for financial intermediation.