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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