Flamingo (Prose): The Interview · Class 12 · CBSE · Science English
Which conclusion best explains the value of the interview between Mukund Padmanabhan and Umberto Eco?
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Which conclusion best explains the value of the interview between Mukund Padmanabhan and Umberto Eco?
- A.It presents literary success as dependent mainly on fame and publicity
- B.It shows that a writer's creative work can be understood through the interaction of intellectual discipline, observation and imaginationCorrect answer
- C.It proves that academic writing and fiction require completely opposite abilities
- D.It suggests that interviews are useful only when they reveal personal secrets
Solution
Eco's responses connect his scholarship, reading, observation, disciplined work and imaginative writing. The interview therefore presents creativity as an outcome of both intellectual training and imaginative engagement.
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