DER TEXT ALS BOTSCHHAFT DES AUTORS UND ZEUGNIS SEINER ENTSTEHUNGSZEIT

Abstract

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.