摘要：Currently, one of the major concerns of teachers is about the study material they intend to present to the students. One of the biggest challenges of English classes is literature. The benefits of using literary texts in English language classes outweigh their shortcomings and have been highlighted by some literary critics, such as Chnara Khdhir and Mariwan Hasan who elaborated on this truth in their paper titled, “The Importance of Literary Texts in Teaching Language in EFL Classes: The Waste Land as an Example.” We strongly agree with this and believe that one can easily learn a language by studying its literature. To learn the English language, one needs to study reading, writing, listening, and speaking,, the 4 essential skills, which can be learnt by studying literature. Although alternative study materials are sufficient to develop these skills, literary texts are an established source for these. Moreover, information about a culture is inferred via learning a language and a greater understanding of the society is achieved. This is a characteristic of language that requires materials associated with culture. Culture is a basis for literature ; this does not merely imply that literature deals with culture, but that literature is about the culture of any specific user of that language. Furthermore, one can say the use of literary texts in language classes inspires more attentive and determined language learning. Thus, the students are not merely exposed to the actual usage of the language, but they also become critical scholars. As such, this study argues why we should focus on the use of literary texts for teaching the English language.
