Conducting a literature review
In Five page, double-spaced paper, research the significance of the concept by conducting a literature review.
Steps:
- Critically analyze the concept in a brief essay, which clearly examines the meaning of the concept as it has been defined and interpreted by different theorists. Your analysis should be organized like this:
Begin with a review of the concept from the perspective of the theorist studied in this class: ex. “reification”: begin your analysis with a summary of Georg Lukacs’ view of the concept.
- Then explore the origins (intellectual roots) of the concept:
(i.e., before Lukacs)
- In the remainder of the paper, explore the subsequent development of the concept: (i.e., after Lukacs)