A literary work is a verbal artwork created by an individual or a collective to express and convey generalities about life and people; convey the message of thought, feeling, attitude, etc., of the subject against reality reflected through artistic images. Literary works have long been considered artistically holistic and played a central part in the literary life, activities and processes. When it comes to literature or a literary period, a literary movement as well as a literary author, the first and also the last to be concerned is still the literary work. Literary works, accordingly, are one of the three factors that help form and establish a writer's place in the era and in the history of national literature. Based on the holistic approach principle, this report will present some orientations in perceiving literary works in today's high schools.