Writing the Successful Thesis and Dissertation写作成功的论文:进入会话

Every year thousands of graduate students face the daunting--sometimes terrifying--
challenge of writing a thesis or dissertation. But most of them have received ittle or no instruction on doing it well. This book shows them how in ways no other book does.It combines the practical guidance and theoretical understanding students need to complete their theses or dissertations with maximum insight and minimum stress.
Drawing on her extensive research and experience advising hundreds of graduate
students, Dr. Irene Clark presents a solid overview of the writing process. Clark shows how to apply innovative theories of process and genre and understand the writing process for what it is: your entrance into a conversation with the scholarly community that will determine your success or failure. This book offers useful strategies for each phase of the process, from choosing advisors and identifying topics through writing,revision, and review. Coverage includes.

作者简介：
Irene L.Clark is Professor of English, Director of Composition, and Director of the Master's Option in Rhetoric and Composition at California State University, Northridge. She previously taught at the University of Southern California (USC), where she also codirected the university's Writing Program and directed its Writing Center.

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction: Writing a Thesis or Dissertation: An Overview of the Process
1 Getting Started
Difficulties Associated with Writing in Graduate School
Differences Between a Thesis/Dissertation and a Seminar Paper
The Necessity of Beginning Early
An Exercise in Preliminary Thinking
To Stimulate Thinking
2 So What? Discovering Possibilities
Beginnings Are Always Difficult
Brainstorming Activities
Keeping a Proposal Log
Interacting with Text-Partners
Keeping Track of Materials
3 The Proposal as an Argument:
A Genre Approach to the Proposal
The Writing Process
Finding a Topic
Joining the Conversation
The Proposal as a Genre
Components of the Proposal
Title: The Student, the Essay, and Teacher Response: How Three Different Response Methods Facilitate Student Revision Choices
The Proposal and Non-Native Speakers of English
4 Mapping Texts: The Reading/Writing Connection
The Challenge of "Navigating" Unfamiliar and Densely Populated Texts
5 Writing and Revising
Genre Expectations of the Thesis/Dissertation
Create a Preliminary Template
The Revision Process
Global Versus Surface Revision
Global Revision
Revising for Organization and Structure
Using a Function Outline
Signposting the Organization of Your Ideas
Revising by Considering Purpose and Audience
Facilitating the Revision Process
6 Writing the Literature Review
7 Using Visual Materials
8 The Advisor and Thesis/Dissertation Committee
9 Working with Grammar and Style
10 Practical Considerations