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WGU-Lit Ethics&Crit
WGU-Literary Ethics Module 4 & Critical Reading Module 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Artistic License | Freedom to create a piece of writing based on the artist's interpretation mainly for effect |
| Attribution | The act of establishing a particular person as the creator |
| Bias | Unfair act or policy stemming from prejudice |
| Censorship | The changing or suppression or prohibition of a speech or writing that is deemed subversive of the common good |
| Citation | The act of citing to prevent plagiarism |
| Cite | To quote a passage, book, or author, as an authority or example |
| Copyright | Exclusive right to make copies, license, & or otherwise exploit a literary work; protected by law |
| Defamation | False or unjustified injury of the good reputation of another, as by slander or libel |
| Document | Any written item |
| Documentation | The use of documentary evidence |
| Intellectual Property | Property that results from original creative thought, as patents, copyright material, & trademarks |
| Libel | Defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures |
| Slander | Malicious, false, & defamatory statement or report |
| Permissions | The act of permitting, consent, formal, authorization |
| Plagiarism | Using others ideas & words without clearly acknowledging the source of that information |
| Propaganda | Dissemination of information, facts, arguments, rumors, half-truths, or lies; to influence public opinion |
| Formal Criticism | Argues that literature may be only discussed on its own terms; without outside influences & or information |
| Biographical Criticism | Practice of analyzing a literary work by using knowledge of the authors life to gain insight |
| Historical Criticism | Analyzing a literary work by investigation of the social, cultural, & intellectual context that produced it; impact it had on original audience |
| Deconstructionist Criticism | Rejects the traditional assumption that language can accurately represent reality; believe that literary texts can have no single meaning (concentrate on how language is used rather than on what is being said) |
| Cultural Studies | Understanding the social power encoded in "texts"; defines "texts" more broadly than literary works, uses whatever intellectual tools are appropriate to the analysis at hand |