英美文学是语言习得和提高语用能力的一项重要内容。随着跨文化理论的提出,文化意识对英美文学研究的促进作用越来越受到人们关注,人们更注重文学作品中所体现的英语文化,只有了解这种文化,才能更透彻地研究文学作品。目前我国课堂上对英美文学的研究还存在不足,师和生的文化意识还不够。本文针对这一现状,阐述了文化意识基础上英美文学学习的必要性。 Anglo-American literature is an important part of language acquisition and pragmatic competence. With the introduction of cross-cultural theory, cultural awareness plays a more and more important role in the promotion of Anglo-American literary studies. People pay more attention to the English culture embodied in literary works. Only by understanding this kind of culture can we thoroughly study literary works. At present, the study of Anglo-American literature in our country still lacks the cultural awareness of teachers and students. In view of this situation, this article expounds the necessity of English and American literature learning based on cultural awareness.