NCERT Solutions for class 12 English Prose Chapter 7: The Interview

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NCERT Solutions for Class 12 English The Interview is provided in this article with pdf download link. This lesson is an essay and is a small part of the introduction of the book- 'The Penguin Book Of Interviews', edited by Christopher Silvester. There are two parts to this lesson. Part I includes the importance of the interview process as a mode of communication, and why and how an interview can enrich the genre of communication. Part II is a part of an interview with Umberto Eco.


NCERT Solutions for Class 12 English Prose Chapter 7

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The Interview Summary

The essay includes two parts. Part-I mentions the importance of the process of Interviewing as a mode of communication, whereas Part II is an actual interview with Umberto Eco.

  • In the Part-I of the essay, the writer and editor of the book- Christopher Silvester talks about how from the beginning of journalism the interview process has become an important part of communication. The power of an interviewer is too strong to deny.
  • In this part of the essay, we also learn about the views of some well-known personalities like- Lewis Carrol, Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Stalin, and many more, about the process of interviewing.
  • Part II of this essay deals with an actual interview with Umberto Eco. In this part, along with the interview process, we get to learn about Umberto Eco's philosophies and writing processes.
  • The interview was between Mukund, a reporter from The Hindu, and Umberto Eco, the famous scholar and writer from Italy.
  • In this interview, both of them communicated about the novels and writing process and philosophies of Umberto Eco.

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