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Chapter 7The Interview
Part I: views on interviews; Part II: Umberto Eco on his work.
1. About
Part I: Christopher Silvester. Part II: Mukund Padmanabhan interviews Umberto Eco.
2. Summary
- Part I: the interview is now common; some celebrities find it intrusive (Naipaul, Lewis Carroll, Kipling, H.G. Wells).
- Others see it as a valuable art and source of truth.
- Part II: Eco says he writes in the ‘empty spaces’ of his day.
- He calls himself a scholar who writes novels on Sundays; The Name of the Rose was a surprise success.
3. Themes
- media and privacy
- writing
- scholarship
4. Key Points
- Interview: invention about 130 years old.
- Eco: interstices (gaps) in time.
- Academic writing can be narrative.
- Success came from the novel's medieval setting.
Remember: Views on interviews | Eco's empty spaces | The Name of the Rose
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