外语文学课是外语院系高年级学生的必修课,一般来说,学生在修这门课的时候仍面临着提高语言能力这样一个主要的学习任务。因此,为他们所设的外语文学课有必要兼顾两个方面:1.帮助学生学会阅读欣赏外语文学作品,加深对外国文化的了解;2.进一步提高学生流利使用语言的能力。换言之,文学课的双重目的可解释为提高学生的 Foreign language and literature classes are compulsory courses for senior students in foreign language departments. Generally speaking, students are still faced with such a major learning task of improving their language ability when they take this course. Therefore, it is necessary to give consideration to two aspects of foreign language and literature courses for them: 1. To help students learn to read and appreciate foreign language literary works and deepen their understanding of foreign cultures; 2. To further enhance students’ ability to use their language fluently. In other words, the dual purpose of literary class can be interpreted as raising students