Aliterary interpretation is based on which of the following?

a.
a broad idea about a text

b.
what the story means to you

c.
careful analysis of the text itself

d.
all of the above

The correct answer is: C.    careful analysis of the text itself.

Indeed, it could not be a broad idea about the text since literary interpretation dwells on very precise and focused examination of the text itself and a broad idea is the contrary of such procedure. It could not also be what the story means to a particular person, unless it coincides with the findings obtained after careful analysis of the text.

Careful analysis of a literary text involves a very thorough and deepened analysis of a text. Such text is examined down to its letters, their sounds, the repetition of words, the literary figures, the symbolism , etc. This is the textual information, the paratextual and metatextual and the intertextual information of the text is also researched and analyzed.

appropriate

adjective: correct or right for a particular situation or occasion

verb 1: to take and use for a purpose

verb 2: appropriate also means to steal

inappropriate

unsuitable, esp. for the particular time, place, or situation: