传统自传中存在着对话的因素。口述自传与传统自传的最大区别在于由采访者的介入带来的真实对话。口述史的采访者基于访寻史实的动机发起、引导、控制着口述访谈。讲述者的讲述多与历史事件、历史人物有关,较少涉及到与自己人格形成、发展相关的解释性因素。口述自传假人物自传之名,行搜集资料之实。
Dialogue is a part of traditional autobiography. The biggest difference between oral autobiography and traditional autobiography is the real talk brought by the interviewer. The interviewer launches, guides and controls the oral conversation based on his motive for truth. The narrator generally tells rather the historical people and e- vents than things on his own personality. Namely, as autobiography, oral autobiography aims for historical data.