Ocean Vuong's On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Other, 2024
This article analyzes Ocean Vuong's debut novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, exploring how the epistolary narrative examines immigrant experience, generational trauma, and family dynamics through Little Dog's letters to his illiterate mother. It investigates the novel's innovative use of the epistolary form and language, focusing on how Vuong reveals complex cultural intersections, queer identity, and familial communication across linguistic and generational divides.
Epistolary Form
Queer Identity
American Literature
Creator
Sindija Franzetti
Chalmers, Communication and Learning in Science, Language and Communication
Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Specific Literatures