In fact, Mones has a more layered narrative in mind.

Even so, like a lot of Twain's work, "Pudd'nhead Wilson" is almost sneakily serious, a potent and layered narrative with the sheen of a story for young people.

By exploiting the layered narratives, Damed If You Don't reveals a common assumption in melodrama that all desire is heterosexual, and shows a new direction of depiction of female desire, pleasure and sexuality.

Love's layered narrative of a high school teacher embroiled in his student's worries goes places most mainstream video games wouldn't dare.

It is hard to imagine a book less like Truffaut's own gracefully layered narratives, in which smooth surfaces mask underlying tragedy.

The age and experience of the couple allow director Jon Jones to offer a deeper, more layered narrative.

Opponents feared that filming this for television would sacrifice the layered narrative of the novel and the complexity of the socio-political and metaphysical themes to the popular demands of the broadcast medium.

Based on Ms. Miller's short stories, "Personal Velocity" is a triptych: the women's lives don't intersect, and each story has a distinctive character, yet the movie offers the satisfaction of a single, richly layered narrative.

A layered narrative has multiple narratives that run parallel to (and are linked to) the main narrative.

And since Lemon is onstage at all times, you need only check out her expressions to reorient yourself in the play's layered narrative.