The new millennium brought profound shifts in pedagogies and instructional strategies. The pedagogy of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is different. The evolution of national and global education has undergone numerous changes since the start of the twenty-first century. Relatively, the twenty-first century is seeing a transformation in pedagogy due to changes in educational philosophies, shifting student demographics, and technological improvements. Teachers today have the difficult task of preparing pupils for a world that is changing quickly and necessitates technical literacy, adaptability, and critical thinking. Given the dynamic nature of the 21st-century literature classroom, there is a compelling need to delve into the mechanisms teachers employ, the challenges they face, and the strategies they employ to overcome them. Using the qualitative-descriptive research design, this study investigated the teaching mechanisms, challenges in teaching literature in the 21st century, and coping mechanisms in teaching literature. The 25 Junior High School English teachers from the Schools