it is a literature review For this Unit you will create a research question to delve into existing literature on your topic. You will then write a literature review aimed at an academic audience, the audience that reads research journals in your field. A literature review is a very common example of a bibliographic essay. It surveys and evaluates the state of current knowledge in a field and considers the prospects of emerging knowledge. It gathers recent research in a specific topic; presents and evaluates competing ideas and theories in this topic that is, it delineates debates; proposes ways to resolve these debates; suggests possibilities and objectives for further research.