BETWEEN THE THEORY OF THEFT AND INTERTEXTUALITY IN ARABIC POETRY IN YORUBA LAND
The intersection of texts is inevitable; we can not talk about the creation of a text from scratch. Texts must intersect, engage in dialogue and relationships of influence and impact, a matter imposed by the law of creativity since ancient times. Some scholars, despite their different approaches, have presented the concept of intertextuality as a new perspective to correct what previous generations called plagiarism. The proposed correction in this vision appears to be linked to two aspects: one involves the shift from prevailing ethical judgments that cast a shadows on literary theft, even though some ancient critics distanced themselves from it, and the second is related to identifying old characteristics using modern tools.
Keywords: arabic, intertextuality, land, poetry, theft, theory, yoruba