Writing literature reviews multiple times can be very hectic. It can however become very easy if you make a template to help you each time you decide to write a review. You can easily make templates that can be used more than once in writing a good literature review. By using this structure you can quickly write a paper for your thesis or dissertation.
Before you get started on a review you will have to understand the basic fundamentals of a review. First is what is the purpose of a review and second is why a review is actually written for. Once you formulate the answer writing a good review will be cake walk.
The main purpose of a review is to add valuable information and analysis to a conversation and further demonstrate the writers’ understanding of the literature. It can also be used to shine light of new perspective, to analyze old perceptions or study new solutions.
After you have determined the purpose of your review decide on what actually forms the review. When writing a review of literary pieces first introduce the topic. In this introduction speak about the author and his achievements. Now this is fairly simple and straight forward. Which some practice you will be able to form a generalized structure of the introduction. Now all you have to do is tweak the structure with specific names and achievements to suite any particular review.
Next you can write about the criticism of the author and his works by other prominent critics. You can write the good and bad parts, say whether others have agreed or disagreed with the author’s visions. You can also mention the conclusions and inspirations that other writers have drawn from the piece.
Depending on the conclusion drawn by prominent people voice your own opinion. This where you express your own opinion and draw your own conclusions. Explain whether you agree or disagree with the author’s vision. Voice your own ideas in this part and keep the words of others to a minimum. You can also highlight the discrepancies in previous studies to highlight your own conclusion. This weakness in other’s thesis will help you establish your own conclusions. You can further explain how your studies have helped to fill in these gaps. Once you have made a template of this structure, writing a research paper will become much easier.