What is the author's style in We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates?

The language of We Were the Mulvaneys is clear and easy to understand. Much of the novel is told in long paragraphs of exposition, describing everything from the number of animals living on the farm to the long road that leads to High Point Farm. There is no foreign language throughout, though Patrick is a bit of a scientific type person who speaks of DNA, atoms and various other theories that are occasionally unfamiliar. Most of the novel is simplistically told.