The Interview



Understanding the text

1. Do you think Umberto Eco likes being interviewed? Give reasons

for your opinion.

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2. How does Eco find the time to write so much?

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3. What was distinctive about Eco’s academic writing style?

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4. Did Umberto Eco consider himself a novelist first or an academic

scholar?

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5. What is the reason for the huge success of the novel, The Name

of the Rose?

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Talking about the text

Discuss in pairs or small groups.

1. Talk about any interview that you have 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?

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2. The medium you like best for an interview, print, radio, or television.

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3. Every famous person has a right to his or her privacy.

Interviewers sometimes embarrass celebrities with very personal

questions.

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