Understanding Literature Reviews

• An introductory paragraph explains the working topic and thesis.
• The body is the main section for discussing and analyzing existing research on the topic.
• It presents key findings, arguments, and perspectives from various sources.
• The conclusion summarizes key findings from the literature, emphasizes their significance, and connects it back to the primary research question.

Purpose of Literature Review

• Discovering what's already known about a topic.
• Providing a critical overview of findings to the reader.
• Identifying what's missing from current knowledge.

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• Find out what’s already known about the topic and how other researchers have approached it.
• Give the reader a critical overview of the existing knowledge which shows how the research fits in.
• Find out what’s missing from the current knowledge, to contribute something original.

Book Review vs. Book Summary

• A book review demands analysis and reaction to content, unlike a summary.
• Book reviews are personal and reflect the reviewer's opinions.
• Length can vary widely, from short (50-100 words) to long (1500 words).
• A summary reports what is written, while a review reports on and evaluates the book.

Book Review Essentials

• Include the author, title, publication place/date, and edition.

Steps to Writing a Book Review

• Outline the book's contents.
• Evaluate and make critical comments.
• Use quotations or references to illustrate themes.
• Compare the book with similar works.
• Point out the author's intentions and target audience.
• Relate the work to a social or literary trend.

Purpose

• To find out for yourself what’s already known about the topic.

• To give your reader a critical overview of what you have found.

• To find out what’s missing.

• Assertions are strongly believed statements or claims that are defended, often based on reading or experiences.

• Counterclaims are opposing statements used to check errors in previous declarations.

• Textual evidence supports assertions or statements.

Kinds of Evidence

• Statistical evidence uses numbers or data from sources like books and social media.
• Anecdotal evidence uses stories or case studies from casual observations or personal experiences.
• Testimonial evidence involves real-life experiences or statements declared as true by someone.
• Evidence from other writings uses information from other texts with indicated page numbers.
• Hypothetical evidence is a guess or presumption about a future event.
• Analogical evidence compares an uncertain situation with a known one to draw a conclusion.

Hypertext

• "Hyper" means beyond the text.
• Hypertext represents a non-linear way of reading.
• Nelson (1987) described hypertext as a series of chunks connected by links that offer readers different pathways.

Examples of Hypertext

• Wikipedia Articles.

• Interactive eBooks.

• Online News Articles.

• Interactive Tutorials.

• Social Media Posts.

• Hypertext connects related information, graphics, videos, or sounds to text via hyperlinks or clickable items.

• Intertextuality involves creating a text based on another text, incorporating properties of the original.

• Intertext is the complex connections between a text and various reading materials that add to the meaning and analysis of the text being read.

• Intertext allows you to identify and appreciate references to other texts, adding layers of meaning to the work you’re reading.

Intertext vs. Plagiarism

• Intertext doesn’t hide the component that imitates the author, while plagiarism is the act of stealing by means you make it appear it’s your own.

Intertextuality Methods

• Retelling: restatement of a story or re-expression of a narrative.
• Quotation: directly lifting exact statements from another author's text.
• Allusion.
• Parody: a humorous or satirical imitation that mocks or critiques the original work.