ABSTRACT

In this article on Teju Cole’s Open City I distinguish and make apparent the various temporal levels on which the novel operates in terms of plot, story, and narrative structure. I illustrate how the novel links the coordinates of temporality and spatiality via the trope of (not only physical) movement and how movement invokes notions of the ostensibly unmarked flâneur, as well as the gendered, racialized, or disabled body. In its complex treatment of trauma, memory, and history, I furthermore highlight how the novel exemplifies different metahistorical positions that can be brought in conversation with current debates in Black and Atlantic studies.

摘要

在这篇关于 Teju Cole 的开放城市的文章中，我区分并阐明了小说在情节、故事和叙事结构方面运作的各个时间层次。我阐述了这部小说如何通过（不仅是身体）运动的比喻将时间性和空间性的坐标联系起来，以及运动如何唤起表面上无标记的流浪者以及性别化、种族化或残疾身体的概念。在对创伤、记忆和历史的复杂处理中，我进一步强调了这部小说如何体现了不同的元历史立场，这些立场可以与黑人和大西洋研究的当前辩论进行对话。