Odmiany wywiadu-rzeki (na wybranych przykładach)
Streszczenie
In the Polish language, there exists the expression ‘interview-river’ meaning a very long
interview draining the subject to the greatest possible depth. The article Varieties of
Interview-river on given examples covers the analysis of three chosen interview-rivers with
three different people. The interviews were discussed in reference to the following aspects:
• interview structure
• determination of its thematic variety
• nature of questions
• interviewer – interviewee interaction
The conclusions present what is interview-river and what it is characterised by. The aim of
this article is to pinpoint the interview-river’s generic features and its functions.