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- Title
Asphyxier l'océan une conquête à la fois: l'exploration sous-marine chez Philippe Diolé et Philippe Tailliez.
- Authors
Marcil-Bergeron, Myriam
- Abstract
To correct the "errors" in Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea: this was the slogan of the authors when recounting their first diving explorations in the 1950s. However, the promotion of a neutral scientific discourse, purged of the improbabilities associated with Jules Verne's novel, runs up against the inevitable recourse to language and literary effects to express the euphoria of the ocean depths and the metamorphosis of the diver. Inspired by Plongées sans câbles (Diving without Cables) (1954) by Philippe Tailliez as well as L'aventure sous-marine (The Undersea Adventure) (1951) and Les portes de la mer (The Gates of the Sea) (1953) by Philippe Diolé, among others, this article begins by analyzing the way the water's surface symbolizes a hermetic border sealing off a mysterious and inexhaustible ocean. It next examines the violent political relationship expressed through a set of hyperboles promoting the conquest of the sea not only in these accounts published over sixty years ago, but also in contemporary discourse on the ocean.
- Subjects
DIOLE, Philippe; TAILLIEZ, Philippe; VERNE, Jules, 1828-1905; METAMORPHOSIS; OCEAN in literature
- Publication
Tangence, 2021, Issue 125/126, p29
- ISSN
1189-4563
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7202/1083861ar