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BOOK REVIEW. DR.URJA MANKAD. FRANCIS BACON. HE WAS THE FAMOUS ESSAYIST OF THE 18 TH CENTURY ENGLAND. HE WAS MORE FAMOUS FOR HIS SATIRICAL TONE IN THE ESSAYS. “SOME BOOKS ARE TOBE TESTED, SOME TO BE SWALLOWED AND SOME TO BE CHEWED AND DIGESTED”.
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BOOK REVIEW DR.URJA MANKAD
FRANCISBACON • HE WAS THE FAMOUS ESSAYIST OF THE 18TH CENTURY ENGLAND. • HE WAS MORE FAMOUS FOR HIS SATIRICAL TONE IN THE ESSAYS. • “SOME BOOKS ARE TOBE TESTED, SOME TO BE SWALLOWED AND SOME TO BE CHEWED AND DIGESTED”
WE HAVE TO READ THE BOOK AND GIVE THE HONEST OPINION ABOUT THE BOOK. THIS GIVES AN IDEA HOW CLOSELY WE HAVE READ THE BOOK.WE ARE NOT TO BE AN AUDITOR OR A CRITIC BUT TO SHOW THINGS AS THEY ARE.
HOW TO REVIEW A BOOK THERE ARE TWO PARTS OF A BOOK REVIEW: 1.EXTERNAL EVALUATION 2. INTERNAL EVALUATION
EXTERNAL EVALUATION • 1.OVERVIEW/TITLE: WHEN WE FIRST TAKE UP A BOOK IN OUR HAND, WE DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. EVEN IF WE KNOW THE TITLE OF THE BOOK OR THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR, WE LOOK AT IT AND TOSS IT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT.
EXTERNAL EVALUATION • TITLEPAGE: HERE THE AUTHOR OR THE COMPILOR OF THE BOOK WOULD SPECIFY HIS AIM OF WRITING OR COLLECTION. • AUTHOR: WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, WHICH EDITION IS THIS, OUR SUCH QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED BY GIVING IMPORTANCE TO IT. SOMETIMES NAME OF THE AUTHOR GIVES THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE BOOK.
EXTERNAL EVALUATION • PUBLISHER: THE NAME OF THE PUBLISHER IS IMPORTANT SO FAR AS THE PRINTING QUALITY IS CONCERNED. • AVAILABILITY: FROM WHERE THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE, IF WE FIND THE BOOK INTERESTING OR USEFUL,WE CAN GET IT FROM THERE. • YEAR OF PUBLCATION: THIS SHOWS THE RELEVANCE OF THE BOOK WITH THE TIME IN WHICH IT WAS WRITTEN.
EXTERNAL EVALUATION • NUMBER OF PAGES: THIS GIVES AN IDEA OF GENRE OF LITERATURE AND HOW MUCH RELEVANT MATERIAL CAN BE FOUND. • PRICE: • SIZE: THERE ARE FIVE SIZES OF A BOOK: • DEMI:9*4.5” • CROWN:7*4.5” • DOUBLE CROWN: 14*7” • DOUBLE DEMI:18*9” • TRAVEL: A4 SIZE
INTERNAL EVALUATION • THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK: • THE CONTENT • THE STYLE OF THE CONTENT • SEQUENCE • JUSTIFICATION • CONTINUITY • FIELD(TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL) • STANDARD
INTERNAL EVALUATION • LINGUISTICS • INTERDISCIPLINARITY • SPECIALITY • CRITICISM • AUTHENTICITY • CONTEPORARY RELEVANCE • REFERENCE • ORGINALITY