Components of Literature Review
Similar to prime research, the development of your literature review demands four stages:
1. Problem formulation that field or topic is being inspected and finding the component issues.
2. Literature search comprises locating information relevant to the problem being explored.
3. Data evaluation must define which literature makes an important contribution to the comprehending of the selected topic.
4. Interpretation and analysis involves discussing the results and conclusions of related literature.
Literature review of a dissertation should use the next components:
1) an overview of the whole subject matter, theory, or issue under consideration having the objective points of the literature review;
2) division of works that are under review into several categories (for example, those works in support of a certain position, those against it, and those providing alternative theses);
3) clarification of how every work is comparable and how it differs from the others;
4) conclusion to that pieces are perfectly considered in the argument is most persuasive of their points of view, and makes the great contribution to the comprehending and development of the research area.
In evaluating every piece, consideration must be given to:
- provenance:
1. What are the writer’s credentials?
2. Are the writer’s arguments maintained by evidence?
- objectivity:
1. Is the writer’s perspective prejudicial or even-handed?
2. Are contrary facts considered or are some pertinent information neglected to prove the writer’s point?
- persuasiveness:
1. Which of the writer’s theses is least or most convincing?
- value:
1. Are the writer’s arguments and conclusions persuasive?
2. Does the paper contribute in any important way to a comprehending of the problem?