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The Interview
Did Umberto Eco consider himself a novelist first or an academic scholar?
In his interview with Mukund Padmanabhan, Umberto Eco states that he started writing novels by accident. Novels satisfied his taste for narration. Further he says : “I am a professor who writes novels on Sundays.” All these facts clarify that Eco was not a full time novelist. He considers himself a regular academic scholar. Against 40 works of non-fiction, Eco has written only five novels. Eco feels proud in considering himself as a university professor. When he says he writes on Sundays, it signifies that Novel writing is his casual job. He points out that he does not go to pen clubs or writers. He participates in academic conferences. So he clearly identifies himself with the academic community. He identifies himself as a regular academic scholar than a novelist
Some More Questions From The Interview Chapter
What is the reason for the huge success of the novel, ‘The Name of the Rose’?
Talk about any interview you watched on television or read in a newspaper. How did it add to your understanding of the celebrity, the interviewer and the field of the celebrity?
The medium you like best for an interview, print, radio, or television.
Every famous person has a right to his or her privacy. Interviewers sometimes embarrass celebrities with very personal questions.
If the interviewer Mukund Padmanabhan had not got the space in the newspaper to reproduce the interview verbatim, he might have been asked to produce a short report of the interview with the salient points.
Write this report for him.
[The teacher should be able to help the pupils in what to include and what can be omitted.] [We could also provide a short report of an interview as a sample.]
In what way have the interviews become a commonplace of journalism?
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What has happened over the last 130 years in respect of the interview?
Why do most celebrities despise being interviewed?
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Why do some great writers dislike being interviewed?
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Why do some celebrity writers hate to be interviewed?
What was Lewis Carroll’s opinion of interviews and autographs?
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What was Lewis Carroll’s attitudes towards being interviewed?
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What drawback of interviews have been pointed out by Lewis Carroll?
What do Rudyard Kipling and his wife comment about the interview?
About an interview, what was the contrasting views of H. G. Wells?
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