文学作品是供人欣赏的。文学作品的教学,实际上就是引导学生对文学作品进行欣赏。文学欣赏的进行,离不开塑造文学形象的物质材料——语言。因此,文学欣赏不是排斥语言教学,刚相反,文学欣赏首先要通过语言教学。但是文学作品教学的根本目的在于审美教育,离开了欣赏就没有审美教育。因此语文教师应该比较深入了解文学欣赏是怎么回事。本文,主要根据初中教材中出现的文学艺 Literary works are for people to enjoy. Literary teaching, in fact, is to guide students to appreciate the literary works. Literary appreciation can not be separated from the material material that shapes the literary image - language. Therefore, literary appreciation is not exclusive of language teaching, on the contrary, literary appreciation must first be taught through language. However, the fundamental purpose of literary teaching lies in aesthetic education. Without appreciation, there is no aesthetic education. Therefore, language teachers should be more in-depth understanding of literary appreciation is going on. This article, mainly based on literature and art appeared in junior high school textbooks