Literature is being increasingly used in foreign language education. Literary texts enable the use of cultural differences in language teaching as well as the development of language skills. The ability to use literary texts, analytical thinking and interpretation skills in foreign language teaching are among the learning achievements of literature courses in the foreign language education program. The aim of this study was to evaluate the views of prospective language teachers on the literature course and to make some suggestions according to the results. The sample of the study is comprised of 30 students studying at Bursa Uludag University, Faculty of Education, Department of Foreign Language Education in the 2018-2019 academic year. The students were from three different departments, namely German Language Education, French Language Education and English Language Teaching. As a data collection tool, semi-structured interview form consisting of open-ended questions prepared by the researcher was used. The data were analyzed using content analysis. [This study has been presented as an oral presentation in VI. International Symposium on Educational Sciences, organized in Alanya/Turkey, 18-20 April 2019.]