الذّبلىماس ةٍ الأدب ةٍ ف مختارات الشّعر العرب ببلاد ىٌربا- ن جٍ رٍ اٌ (Literary Diplomacy in Selected Arabic Poems in Yorubaland, Nigeria)
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2024-12
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Faculty of Arts, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
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Literary Diplomacy simply means an etiquette of observing the feelings of fellow writer and
paying due respect in the course of demonstrating scholastic views. A diplomatic scholar
considers individual differences and relates with others in good manner and applies nice policy as
a social being that aims at benefiting from others and expressing his ideologies without causing
harm to personalities or ignite hatred within the academia. Arabic poets of Yoruba origin applied
this ethic in their literary productivity of multidimensional influences, especially ones that relate to
major national challenges. The scope of this paper cannot accommodate all their works as a result
of that a selection was made. The objectives of the study were to: (i) establish the availability of
Arabic poetry on social issues in Yorubaland, (ii) confirm the adoption of diplomacy in the
contents of their socio-economic and political inputs. (iii) evaluate selected poems with a view to
appreciating their conformity with literary norms in Arabic. The study adopted both historical and
analytical methods. Through the historical approach, the biography of the poets, whose works
were selected were documented, while the analytical method was used for exploring the contents.
The parameters employed were based on Arabic classical theory.
Keywords: Literary, Diplomacy, Poems, Yorubaland, Nigeria