Jonah and Qohelet: Satire versus irony
The literary phenomena irony and satire are often confused and consequently a number of scholars are of the opinion that irony is found in both Jonah and Qohelet. However, a thorough study of satire and irony indicates that Jonah should rather be classified as a satire and Qohelet as containing iron...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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1996
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Old Testament essays
Jahr: 1996, Band: 9, Heft: 3, Seiten: 495-511 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Book of Ecclesiastes
B Philosophical work B Book of Jonah B Qohelet B Correction of human behaviour B Satire versus irony |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The literary phenomena irony and satire are often confused and consequently a number of scholars are of the opinion that irony is found in both Jonah and Qohelet. However, a thorough study of satire and irony indicates that Jonah should rather be classified as a satire and Qohelet as containing irony. Satire is directed toward the correction of human behaviour and/or human institutions, whereas the use of irony does not imply change of the status quo. Irony endorses the abundance of insoluble contradictions of life. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/AJA10109919_682 |
