The popular narratives don t allow much room for subtlety.

The popular narrative saw her as a woman spurned or neglected.

Scorched is a popular narrative which takes its readers on a vivid journey through southern Africa's mesmerising landscapes as climate change sets in.

Or so it goes in popular feminist narrative.

Shenxiu's prominent position in the history of Chán, despite the popular narrative, is recognized by modern scholarship:

To a viewer unfamiliar with the popular narratives, the plot is hard to follow, but the material is still moving.

Blackburn's account was originally published, not in a scientific journal, but in a popular narrative for children, The Pipits 1871.

Some of the popular narratives described in the Skanda Purana are:

And it will generally be found that in all such popular narratives, the king, if he is a wicked king, is generally also a wizard.

The popular narrative was questioned by the Japanese historian Nakamura Tadashi in 1992.