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1、LiteratureReview，简称LR，是留学生论文中常见的一个重要部分，以下是本站长期总结整理出的一些要点，供大家参考：WhatthishandoutisaboutThishandoutwillexplainwhataliteraturereviewisandofferinsightsintotheformandconstructionofaliteraturereviewinthehumanities,socialsciences,andsciences.IntroductionOK.You'vegottowritealiteraturerev
2、iew.Youdustoffanovelandabookofpoetry,settledowninyourchair,andgetreadytoissuea"thumbsup"or"thumbsdown"asyouleafthroughthepages."Literaturereview"done.Right?Wrong!The"literature"ofaliteraturereviewreferstoanycollectionofmaterialsonatopic,notnecessarilythegreatliterarytextsofthewo
3、rld."Literature"couldbeanythingfromasetofgovernmentpamphletsonBritishcolonialmethodsinAfricatoscholarlyarticlesonthetreatmentofatornACL.Andareviewdoesnotnecessarilymeanthatyourreaderwantsyoutogiveyourpersonalopiniononwhetherornotyoulikedthesesources.Whatisaliteraturereview,then?
4、Aliteraturereviewdiscussespublishedinformationinaparticularsubjectarea,andsometimesinformationinaparticularsubjectareawithinacertaintimeperiod.Aliteraturereviewcanbejustasimplesummaryofthesources,butitusuallyhasanorganizationalpatternandcombinesbothsummaryandsynthesis.Asummaryis
5、arecapoftheimportantinformationofthesource,butasynthesisisare-organization,orareshuffling,ofthatinformation.Itmightgiveanewinterpretationofoldmaterialorcombinenewwitholdinterpretations.Oritmighttracetheintellectualprogressionofthefield,includingmajordebates.Anddependingonthesitu
6、ation,theliteraturereviewmayevaluatethesourcesandadvisethereaderonthemostpertinentorrelevant.Buthowisaliteraturereviewdifferentfromanacademicresearchpaper?Themainfocusofanacademicresearchpaperistodevelopanewargument,andaresearchpaperwillcontainaliteraturereviewasoneofitsparts.In
7、aresearchpaper,youusetheliteratureasafoundationandassupportforanewinsightthatyoucontribute.Thefocusofaliteraturereview,however,istosummarizeandsynthesizetheargumentsandideasofotherswithoutaddingnewcontributions.Whydowewriteliteraturereviews?Literaturereviewsprovideyouwithahandyg
8、uidetoaparticulartopic.Ifyouhavelimitedtimetoco
