Text description, analysis and interpretation can be distinguished as working and
presentation forms in the context of a methodological interpretation. These three
ways of understanding the literary work are closely related, and it is not intended
to prescribe a pure separation of the terms or the ways of working inherent in
them. Nevertheless, it is useful to be aware of the different approaches one may
encounter in the process text interpretation. The text description records
observations as they can be made in the reading process guided by the practical
and theoretical experience. The text analysis aims at explaining the structure of
the text. Interpretation aims at the unity of textual understanding, the process of
comprehension, and methodological reflection. It includes the historical and
aesthetic evaluation of the interpreted work.
