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  • How to Write a Thesis

  • By: Umberto Eco
  • Narrated by: Sean Pratt
  • Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (27 ratings)

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Summary

By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel The Name of the Rose, he was one of Italy's most celebrated intellectuals, a distinguished academic and the author of influential works on semiotics. Some years before that, in 1977, Eco published a little book for his students, How to Write a Thesis, in which he offered useful advice on all the steps involved in researching and writing a thesis - from choosing a topic to organizing a work schedule to writing the final draft. Now in its 23rd edition in Italy and translated into 17 languages, How to Write a Thesis has become a classic. Remarkably, this is its first, long overdue publication in English.

Eco's approach is anything but dry and academic. He not only offers practical advice, but also considers larger questions about the value of the thesis-writing exercise. How to Write a Thesis is unlike any other writing manual. It sounds like a novel. It is opinionated. It is frequently irreverent, sometimes polemical, and often hilarious. Eco advises students how to avoid "thesis neurosis", and he answers the important question "Must You Read Books?" He reminds students "You are not Proust" and "Write everything that comes into your head, but only in the first draft". Of course, there was no Internet in 1977, but Eco's index card research system offers important lessons about critical thinking and information curating for students of today who may be burdened by Big Data.

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I can not recommend this book, if you are looking for guidance in writing a thesis, dissertation, or any kind of academic writing.
While some of the advice might still be relevant, so much seems completely irrelevant. So much so that I likely will never get the whole way through it.

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For humanities only

This book might be suitable for Research in humanities but not science or social science.

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