ProfessionalEnglishLiteratureReading2Outline1.Generaldescriptionofliteraturereading2.Professionalpapers3.Review1.Generaldescriptionofliteraturereading341.1Definition“asetofworksonaparticularsubject;printedmaterial,esp.givinginformation(p.639)”--LongmandictionaryofcontemporaryEnglish“Thewritingorthestudyofbooks,etc.(technicalbooksandjournalism);booksdealingwithaspecialsubject.(p.573)”--theAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryofCurrentEnglishAgeneraltermforprofessionalwritingsintheformofbooks,papers,andotherdocumentations.5Whyweneedtoreadliteratures?Asintangibleassets,literatureisthesummary,generalizationanddevelopmentoftheachievementsobtainedonthebasisofpreviousexperiencesorstudies.Literatureshavebeenaccumulatedandhandeddownfromgenerationtogeneration.61.2ClassificationTextbooksCharacteristicProfessionalwritingsdesignedforthestudentsinagivenbranchoflearning.CompiledinarigidlyscientificsystematiclogicalwayMatureincontent(butnotthelatest)WhendoweneedGeneralknowledgeofasubjectPreliminaryunderstandingofacertainissue7MonographsCharacteristicShortbookononeparticularsubjectorbranchofsubjectthatthewriterhasstudieddeeply—LongmanDictionaryIncludehistoryandpresentstatusofperticularsubject,observeddata,experimentalmethodsandresults,existingproblemsanddevelopingtrend,variousviewpointsanddiscussionsofdifferentschoolsofthought,researchachievementsandfurtherexplorationandsoon.Notincludethelatestresearchfindings.WhendoweneedComprehensiveknowledgeofasubjectDeeplyunderstandingofacertainissue8PapersCharacteristicDealwitharelativelyspecifictopic,andwithacomparetivelynarrowsubject.Themostimportantandreliablesourcesfortextbooks,monographs,andtheotherdocumentaryworks.Havethelatestresearchfindings.WhendoweneedComprehensiveknowledgeofaspecificsubjectDeeplyunderstandingofacertainspecificissue9EncyclopediasCharacteristicAbookorsetofbooksdealingwitheverybranchofknowledeg,orwithoneparticularbranch,inalphabeticalorder.Contentarecomparat...