Literature based dissertation - How to structure it and ensure it's critical and analytical

How do you write a literature based dissertation? What structure should you follow? What exactly is a literature based dissertation anyway?

A literature based dissertation, also known as a library based dissertation, is a different kind of thesis to a standard research based dissertation.

When you do a literature based dissertation, your entire thesis is essentially a literature review. You develop a research title, and a series of questions - like you would do for a research based dissertation – but rather than conducting your own study to find answers to your questions, you critically examine the existing literature instead.

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This type of dissertation is becoming increasing popular, especially among undergraduates and masters’ students. However, there is not a lot of helpful guidance out there. Until now!

In this video, I’ll walk you through the principles and structure of a literature based dissertation, and provide you with a framework chapter structure – including examples – to help you get started with your own literature based dissertation.

Chapters
0:00 - 0:51 Introduction and overview
0:52 - 2:29 What a literature-based dissertation is
2:30 - 3:27 How to structure a literature-based dissertation
3:28 - 6:12 The introduction section
6:13 - 8:46 Approach / Methodology
8:47 - 10:32 Theories / Theoretical Frameworks
10:33 - 11:01 Themed chapters
11:02 - 12:00 Historical developments
12:01 - 13:03 Contemporary debates and controversies
13:04 - 13:55 Policy and practice
13:56 - 15:01 Cross cultural / comparative
15:02 - 15:46 Case studies
15:47 - 16:11 Discussion and conclusions sections
16:12 - 17:40 Discussion
17:41 - 18:18 Conclusion
18:19 - 18:52 Discussion and conclusion comparison
18:53 - 19:08 Summary

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