«Hospitable» space of the Sahara in French projects of the last third of the 19th century
The article examines the concept of the Sahara Desert in the projects of engineers A. Duponschel (construction of the Trans-Saharan Railway) and F.-E. Roudaire (creation of an inland sea in Algeria and Tunisia). The Objective of the projects is to transform the space of the Sahara and include it in...
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| description | The article examines the concept of the Sahara Desert in the projects of engineers A. Duponschel (construction of the Trans-Saharan Railway) and F.-E. Roudaire (creation of an inland sea in Algeria and Tunisia). The Objective of the projects is to transform the space of the Sahara and include it in a single space of the French empire. The ideas about the Sahara of the French traveler Soleillet Paul, who supported both projects, will also be studied. This article attempts to find out how the image of the «new» Sahara was constructed in the studied texts? How did the Sahara «transform» from a hostile and mysterious space into a space that was hospitable and «ordinary»? The space of the empire in the context of the study of imperial discourse will be considered not just a scene where colonial events played out, but the central object in the analysis of the colonial situation and the territory of meanings. It is likely that the successful implementation of these projects would change the image of the Sahara in the public mind, and the texts of the above authors would serve as the basis for the formation of a new image. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8fefc2fc0d28485eb8ca339e9ec293652025-08-20T02:38:14ZrusNorth-Caucasus Federal UniversityГуманитарные и юридические исследования2409-10302022-07-019223724310.37493/2409-1030.2022.2.91136«Hospitable» space of the Sahara in French projects of the last third of the 19th centuryE. N. Moiseeva0Physical-Technical Lyceum No. 1The article examines the concept of the Sahara Desert in the projects of engineers A. Duponschel (construction of the Trans-Saharan Railway) and F.-E. Roudaire (creation of an inland sea in Algeria and Tunisia). The Objective of the projects is to transform the space of the Sahara and include it in a single space of the French empire. The ideas about the Sahara of the French traveler Soleillet Paul, who supported both projects, will also be studied. This article attempts to find out how the image of the «new» Sahara was constructed in the studied texts? How did the Sahara «transform» from a hostile and mysterious space into a space that was hospitable and «ordinary»? The space of the empire in the context of the study of imperial discourse will be considered not just a scene where colonial events played out, but the central object in the analysis of the colonial situation and the territory of meanings. It is likely that the successful implementation of these projects would change the image of the Sahara in the public mind, and the texts of the above authors would serve as the basis for the formation of a new image.https://humanitieslaw.ncfu.ru/jour/article/view/1154imperial spaceimperial discoursetrassahara railway projecta. duponchelinland sea projectf.-e. roudairesoleillet paulalgeriatunisiaimage of the saharafrench colonies |
| spellingShingle | E. N. Moiseeva «Hospitable» space of the Sahara in French projects of the last third of the 19th century Гуманитарные и юридические исследования imperial space imperial discourse trassahara railway project a. duponchel inland sea project f.-e. roudaire soleillet paul algeria tunisia image of the sahara french colonies |
| title | «Hospitable» space of the Sahara in French projects of the last third of the 19th century |
| title_full | «Hospitable» space of the Sahara in French projects of the last third of the 19th century |
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| title_short | «Hospitable» space of the Sahara in French projects of the last third of the 19th century |
| title_sort | hospitable space of the sahara in french projects of the last third of the 19th century |
| topic | imperial space imperial discourse trassahara railway project a. duponchel inland sea project f.-e. roudaire soleillet paul algeria tunisia image of the sahara french colonies |
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