The idea of using literature in the English language classroom is certainly not a novel one. Indeed, as early as the nineteenth century, English literature was taught in Europe mainly for the purpose of teaching English language skills, by placing emphasis on the ways in which writers expressed their ideas and articulated their thoughts (Milner and Milner 2003). This was because the teaching of literature, which was mainly done in Greek and Latin, focused on grammar analyses, rhetoric and, to a lesser extent, philosophy (Rosenblatt 1991). This approach to literature continued through to the twentieth century where other classical texts were taught with the purpose of exposing students to models of exemplary language usage. This Classical Approach, or Canon Theory, laid the foundation for the use of literary texts as a source for teaching English structures in many English language programmes in different parts of the world.