how would american lit be better??

so american lit is a really broud subject so theres not really any specific things that can be changed but there are things that can be changed. for example, i think that we should do less of reading big long books and just read more short passages. this is because if we read more types of passages, would would get a bigger and better understanding of what american lit is. so instead of reading the scarlet letter in its entireity, we could read important portions. so then, we could have read some of the book, have a taste of the type of literature, and go on to the next thing without wasting too much time. also, we could watch more of the movies made from books. i know some teachers do this but not all of them do. this is really important because if you have no clue as to whats going on in the book, wouldnt watching the movie help? i think so. theres not really much to add to american lit but like most subjects, it can be improved.