又是一个头疼的写作:academic book review,今天小编就为大家带来超细干货!!!一起get起来吧!
下面讲解如何写academic book review:
I. Introduction
★开头给到一个该本书的topic/或者要解决的问题
★想一个hook去吸引读者注意
★ 给出该书的一个相关背景:
- Identify the book and author under review with any background
-Time period, region? Question or topic addressed?
-About the author(s)
如果有editors:
-Basic biographical info about editors of book
-Who are they, what are they known for, what are their qualifications and
expertise in the subject
●这本书是如何跟一个更广的研究方向相关联的?
Thesis
●thesis通常放在introduction的最后,给到一个对该本书的简洁的清楚的评估:
●这本书的main argument
●你对这本书评价的优势贡献或者是缺点局限性
●这本书如何展现了自己的优缺点
II. Summary of the Primary Argument(s)
★ Concisely summarize the book argument
-如果有明显的thesis statement,可以直接引用
-如果没有就需要自己总结
★Comment on the following:
-What is the book thesis? How is it similar or different from other researchers
work on similar topics?
-How is it organized? What are the major arguments?
-What types of evidence are presented?
★使用的Research methods (如果有的话)
III. Evaluation/Analysis
● 这个部分应该占比你review的最大比重This section should form the bulk of your review
● 解释并且发展你的evaluation
●使用相关的例子跟引用去阐明病证明你的assessment
●给一些例子表明该书哪些地方做的好,哪些地方有待提升
●弱点可能是一些作者遗漏或者没有解决的问题
IV. Conclusion
★ 总结你的review
★ 这个review在哪些领域作出了贡献
★ 有哪些局限性
★ 将来可以future research的地方是什么
★ identify哪一类观众会从该书中受益