Dramatic representations of Job: from the biblical-theological matrix to some literary variations

Abstract

In this text with a theoretical and analytical focus, it will be pertinent to develop a reflection in two complementary moments. Firstly, in the context of the fruitful relationship between the biblical-religious tradition and the literary tradition (literary theology), it is worth rethinking the genesis of the representation of the figure of Job – the symbolic profile and major charac- teristics of this mythographic construction. Secondly, based on theological studies and their hermeneutics of the biblical discourse on Job, it is pertinent to systematise some of the dominant features present in various literary interpretations at different times in Portuguese literature, from Classicism and Mannerism to contemporary poetry, in a plural and evolving reception.