How to Write a Thesis - Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco

Category: Education

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Tags: Education, Tutorial, Adults

Publisher: Gildan Media Release date: May 1, 2015 Duration: 08:15:05, By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel The Name of the Rose, he was one of Italys 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 twenty-third edition in Italy and translated into seventeen languages, How to Write a Thesis has become a classic. Remarkably, this is its first, long overdue publication in English., Ecos 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 reads like a novel. I