英美文学教学是目前各高校进行人文素质教育的重要途径,同时也是培养当代大学生人文精神的主要手段,通过英美文学教学,一方面,可以强化学生的英语语言训练;另一方面,还可以在阅读欣赏众多文学作品的时候加强对西方历史文化的认识和了解,这个过程不仅可以培养学生的认知能力,还可以提高的审美鉴赏能力,让学生在审美感知、审美理解以及审 Anglo-American literary teaching is an important way to carry out humanistic education in colleges and universities at present as well as the main means to cultivate the humanistic spirit of contemporary college students. Through English and American literary teaching, on the one hand, students’ English language training can be strengthened; on the other hand, Appreciation of many literary works to strengthen understanding and understanding of Western history and culture, this process can not only develop students’ cognitive ability, but also improve the aesthetic appreciation ability, so that students in the aesthetic perception, aesthetic understanding and audit