Every literature prof I know has had to make cuts over the past 5 years especially. No matter how little reading we assign, students will claim it took them several hours to finish it. That is what happens when you are reading half a page at a time while jumping in and out of context! Real, immersive, deep reading is a hard state to get to, but once they do it, many come to find it is a meditative refuge from attention-plucking distractions. It can be a life-saving skill to have!