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SUBJECT MATTER OF TEXT INTERPRETATION 
Interpretation of the text as a subject comprises a system of methods and 
devices for grasping the meaning of a belles-letters text. 

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Text interpretation is a branch of philology. It is based on Stylistics, Text 
Linguistics, Theory of literature, Philosophy, Ethics, Aesthetics and Hermeneutics. 
The object of Text interpretation is a literary text.
The aim of interpretation is to teach reading, penetrate into the main idea of the 
literary work, to understand the author's outlook, his comprehension of life. In other 
words, the aim of the text interpretation is to develop skills for penetrating into the 
concept of a literary work, for understanding the author's world picture and emotional 
impact on the reader. 
A belles-lettres text is usually complex and consists of several layers. The task 
of interpretation is to extract maximum of information, thought and emotions 
conveyed by the author. The Interpretation of a literary text as a rule undergoes two 
stages. At the first stage we learn the plot of a text and acquaint ourselves with 
characters. At the second stage we perform a thorough linguistic analysis, examining 
the main categories of the text, its title, poetic details and stylistic devices. The main 
text categories are: the category of Informativity, modality, segmentation and 
wholeness (cohesion) of the text. 
Informativity is the main category of the text. According to Prof. I.R.Galperin 
the following types of information are distinguished: a) content-factual; b) content-
subtextual or implicit and c)content-conceptual. 
Content-factual information contains reports about facts, events, processes 
which took place. In other words it's a plot of the text. 
Content-subtextual information is not explicit, it is not expressed in the verbal 
layer of the text. The aim of an interpreter is to find the signals of implicit 
information and with their help analyse the concealed information. 
Content-conceptual information conveys to the reader the author's individual 
perception of the events, his modality and outlook. 
These three kinds of information are revealed with the help of some elements 
of foregrounding and poetic details. 
The category of modality implies the author's attitude to his personages and the 
described reality. It can be explicit when the author describes the events and 
characters himself, or hidden when he entrusts his role of a narrator to one of the 
personages, an on-looker. or an eye-witness. 
Modality can be expressed directly or indirectly. In the first case, the author 
himself reveals his attitude towards the personage through his evaluating epithet. In 
the second case, it is the reader, who draws conclusions about the personage's 
positive and negative traits analysing the description of his actions by the author. 
The category of segmentation presumes the division of the literary work into