An essential step in closely reading fiction could be making notes about specific parts of the text, or keeping a journal of your interpretations. Sometimes it is good to make a rest from reading, think about the part of the text you red and make notes. Listing all of the characters and settings can help, especially when the book is complex, but it is not necessary. The most important is to thing everything through and to understand in the right way... It is also important to identify the writing style, and to understand why is the author writing that way. If the focus of your reading is not literal aspect of the text, but language, that you should pay the greatest attention to unfamiliar words.
