... values of literature in language teaching.• Integrating short stories and poems in teaching reading comprehension.• Introducing techniques to integrate literary texts reading comprehension class.I.3.ScopeLiterature ... picture”, showing a meaning. Story: “moving picture”, discovering meanings in actions. Drama: “living picture”, finding meanings in performance and dialogue. II.1.3.What makes literature distinctive ... one investigates the attitude of students toward the literary texts in general and the other aims at finding out the effects of using short stories and poems in teaching and learning reading in...