Jonah in 20th Century Literature

The biblical book of Jonah has been the subject multiple literary retellings, ranging from individual poems to whole novels and theatrical dramas. This article focuses on interaction with in 20th-century world literature, where becomes our alter ego; he embodies own struggles God. I shall highlight three common tropes retellings: (1) Several retellings use character express a person’s failure escape God’s calling. Others him explore Jewish experience never being able run away chosen by (2) Other turn trope “the fleeing Jonah” into “Jonah refugee”: is man whom God abandoned. These stem 2:5 (Eng. 2:4] expresses how cast out presence. They gain further inspiration affinity between dialogue 4 that Cain Gen 4. intertextuality fashions as type for “wandering Jew.” (3) Yet another set employs figure discuss justice his perceived be unmerciful.