RT Journal Article
T1 Narrating the Transmodern Fracture in Teju Cole’s Every Day Is for the Thief
A1 Villamarín Freire, Sara
K1 Transmodernity
K1 Postmillennial literature
K1 Travelogue
K1 Narratives of fracture
K1 Teju Cole
K1 Every Day Is for the Thief
K1 Globalization
K1 Transnational networks
AB This paper examines the novella Every Day Is for the Thief (Teju Cole, 2007/2014) as exemplary of the transmodern turn in literature and, specifically, of what Rosa María Rodríguez Magda has termed “narratives of fracture” (2019). It explores the theoretical shift ushered in by Transmodernity and the repercussions this may have for texts like Cole’s –literary works that address the shortcomings of the Eurocentric world-system and scrutinize the implications of globalization for paramodern cultures– using Enrique Dussel’s terminology (2012). By focusing on the text’s approach to genre and intermediality, conflicted narrative voice, and depiction of transnational fluxes, I seek to chart the ways in which the narrative exposes and undermines Western epistemic domination, while pushing new ways of seeing and thinking aligned with the transmodern paradigm.
PB Servicio de Publicaciones Universidad de Murcia
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/45316
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/45316
LA eng
NO Villamarin-Freire, S. (2025). Narrating the Transmodern Fracture in Teju Cole’s Every Day Is for the Thief. International Journal of English Studies, 25(1), 185–201. https://doi.org/10.6018/ijes.603661
DS Minerva
RD 26 may 2026