Autofiction is an emerging literary form that incorporates autobiographical writing into fiction. Practitioners of autofiction emphasize the autobiographical aspects of their work by patterning their protagonists’ lives after their own, typically naming their protagonists after themselves. Autofiction usually borrows formal elements from autobiographical writing too, including its first person point of view and its use of a narrative voice so forthright that it borders on confessional. Ocean Vuong’s 2019 novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a representative work of autofiction, one that erases the distinction that fiction typically observes between authors and the characters they create.
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mediumWhich statement, if true, would most strongly support the text’s description of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous?
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The novel is narrated in the third person by an omniscient narrator whose life bears no resemblance to Vuong’s own.
B
The novel is narrated in the first person in a confessional voice by a protagonist whose family history and life closely mirror Vuong’s own.
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The novel avoids any first person narration and uses a restrained, detached narrative voice throughout.
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The novel’s protagonist shares neither Vuong’s background nor his experiences, and the narration emphasizes the distance between author and character.