主要从英语专业文学课的设置和发展所面临的重大挑战和问题入手,提出了目前高校英美文学课存在的教材陈旧、覆盖面窄、课堂沉闷、缺乏趣味等问题,并进行深入剖析,从教材的选用、教学模式的调整以及学生成绩考核等方面提出解决策略,以期突破英美文学教学的瓶颈,真正实现英美文学课的设置目标和内涵。 This paper starts with the major challenges and problems facing the setting and development of English majors literature class and puts forward the current problems in English and American literature class in colleges and universities such as obsolete teaching materials, narrow coverage, dull classes, lack of interest and so on. Selection, selection of teaching modes, adjustment of student’s teaching mode and assessment of students’ performance in order to break through the bottleneck of English and American literary teaching and truly achieve the goal and connotation of English and American literature.