Night sky with exit wound by Ocean Vuong through the perspective of metamodernism

Truong Nguyen Thien Kim * , Nguyen Ngoc Minh , & Nguyen Du Phuong

* Correspondence: Truong Nguyen Thien Kim (email: 2156010070@hcmussh.edu.vn)

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Received: 15 May 2023
Revised: 12 Jul 2023
Accepted: 03 Aug 2023
Published: 05 Sep 2023
DOI: 10.58810/vhujs.9.5.2023.733
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Nguyễn, N. M., Nguyễn, D. P., & Trương, N. T. K. (2023). Night sky with exit wound by Ocean Vuong through the perspective of metamodernism. Van Hien University Journal of Science 9(5), 90-101.
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Metamodernism is a new theory that is not yet popular in Vietnam, though it has gained a lot of attention due to its dynamism and positive impacts on society nowadays. This article aims to explore a contemporary literary phenomenon Night sky with exit wounds by Ocean Vuong by clarifying essential features of metamodernism namely the paradox between modernism and postmodernism; the combination between traumatic and rebirth acceptance; the optimistic response to the tragedy.
Keywords: Ocean Vuong, Night Sky With Exit Wounds, Metamodernism

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