Intertextuality in Arabic Literary Heritage: A Reading in the light of the Theory of Transtextuality

Abstract

How could Arabic criticism identify the interrelatedness of texts? What is the approach critics have used in describing the intertextual relations? What is the best way of checking and categorizing the different manifestations of textual interaction within certain patterns that are subsumed under the rubric of parallel texts? The research has been divided into three sections. The first one starts with background information about the theory of intertextuality in contemporary western critical discourse that will help the researcher to ascertain the meaning of intertextuality in ancient Arabic criticism. The second section will be devoted to shed a good deal of light on terminologies and concepts to discuss literary borrowings through the intertextual critical achievements. In light of the preceding one, the third section will recognize the different stages of textual interaction and its modes in Arabic critical heritage.