JOB: A CHRISTIAN SISYPHUS? HUMOR AND THE TRIUMPH OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE
JOB: A CHRISTIAN SISYPHUS? HUMOR AND THE TRIUMPH OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE

Summary/Abstract: Over the past decades humour and laughter have come to be accepted as serious topics in academic research and a number of diverse theories on humour and the role of laughter have been developed. These theories, however, consider laughter mainly in its daily aspects or in normal life situations. Starting from Albert Camus' concept of the happy Sisyphus, this paper considers whether the figure of Job, who seems to inhabit a comparably absurd situation, could also be considered as happy, even laughing. The paper concludes with a distinctive reading of the divine words found at the end of 'The Book of Job' that may be fundamental in linking Sisyphus with Job.

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