New Class of British and American Literature Based on Multimedia and Internet

The British and American Literature class is necessarily prepared for college English majors. However, for lacking the relevant knowledge concerning this class, most students find that it is very hard for them to follow the textbook, let alone the teacher's lecture. The main obstacles come from the abstractness of the class, such as the literary terms, the so-called professional words, the background information and the selected works. These are also headaches to the teachers. Nowadays, with the help of multimedia and interne, the traditional literature class assumes a new aspect. Through the internet, students can easily search for certain writers and the introduction and comment of their works; they can download some works' recordings for recitation and appreciation; they can see the footage of some classical literary works. The teachers can take advantage of the modernized multimedia appliances, which help make the abstract class much more vivid and make the explanation easier to understand. After all, the integration of the traditional literature class with the modern multimedia and internet fosters a welcomed new class.