Enliven english language teaching through literature

The present paper attempts to bring out the role of literature in language teaching process to rejuvenate the acquisition of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills among the learners who use English as a second language. The use of literary works in language teaching starts with the formation of teaching- learning objectives at various levels to inculcate various sub skills. Next, we have the selection of the appropriate material followed by gradation and presentation of the literary text. Last but not least, we have testing where the test items are formed and used to achieve the desired objectives. This paper also attempts to put into light the dialectical relationship between language teaching and literature. Here, literature, enriched with the creative and effective use of language related to the different contexts, makes one able to appreciate the linguistic as well as aesthetic quality of the text. In the same way, language teaching also fosters good writing and reading skills among learners and enables them to use the foreign language very creatively while dealing with the personal and social experiences. Thus, language teaching makes the language learners apply their different skills in the production of literary works. At the same time, literature also makes the learners aware of the various possibilities of the rich, productive, imaginative, and creative use of the language.