There are many viewpoints of variable discourses on the literature and literature education in literature textbooks. We are able to understand the intention and purpose of literature education through analysis of literature education which becomes accomplished actually from the classroom. Also. we could find out the answer what are problems and why come problems in literature education through textbook analysis. In this paper, I discussed what is and what must be literature textbook theoretically and what kinds of political powers intervene in literature textbook development. The high school literature textbook of 7th national curriculum looks progressive compares to previous textbook in viewpoint of writers, unit system. unit composition. and teaching-studying methods. But, They are not sufficient to embodies the objective of curriculum, also. Consequently, it needs that the effort of research on aims, contents, and methods of literature education, and reform of the general system of literature education.