MERRY CHRISTMAS
So I guess you have collected some amount of good articles with the help of sources I have provided. Refer to to the last post.
Hmmmm.... I know it is not easy , pulling your hair on how to classify and analyse?. Hope today's inputs will help your efforts. I will present it like a step by step guide ...should not be that difficult to follow....
Step 1. Read other literature reviews published in your area of research.
This is one way to develop a model for your literature review. Further you can create a theme for your literature review.
The most significant point is giving a structure for your literature...means it must have a head , descent body and tail (summary).
you can imagine this structure just like human anatomy...big head , small body and long tail looks funny...scary!...so don't scare the evaluators . Try to be proportional for each section.
Step 2. Stating the fundamental problem .
This do not mean you have to desperately support your problem with the help of other authors. Rather you just provide a slanting towards a particular problem .
Step 3. Rigorous searching in the literature.
Now once we have taken that particular slant towards the problem, search for authors who are specialist in the topic .
It is as important as to find the authors who support your specialisations , as to find the authors who contradict or criticise this particular problem.
The best literature review , never take sides , and it is the readers who come to the conclusion on your performance and your presentation of arguments made by others gives good grade. ( Try to be in the winning side.... ;) )
Step 4. Evaluation of findings.
Read....read...reread.... evaluation needs through understanding of what you are doing..keep reading everything again and again
So try to fix the number of materials to read make note of paragraphs or sentences related to your research , collect it and keep it for later referencing. Our literature revolves around some of the main authors others are like extras in a cinema. They are needed or it is too boring to watch it.
Step 5. Interpreting the findings and analysis.
The interpretation of evaluated findings require good understanding of what ever you have analysed so far. different authors use different methods for researching same topic , it is really important to mention this here during the interpretation. If you mention the difference in studies then you can impress the evaluator. ( No short cut for hard work...!!).
Step 6. Recommendations and conclusion.
Now I really have no confidence in you to provide a good recommendation in the literature review part ( some exceptions do exist ...but I think leave it for academic brains . if you are good in it then you have a good future in academic writing, books, journals , reviews....ALL THE BEST).
So the best performance we can make is by decently summarising the literature review , using all most same sort of language used in the literature review. We have enough opportunity in the recommendation chapter towards the end of dissertation to show our creativity.
............ HOPE THIS HELPS .......
