Władze Uniwersytetu w Northampton (GB) opatrzyły ikoniczną książkę Orwella "Rok 1984" ostrzeżeniem, iż może ona wywoływać u czytelników odczucia "obrazy i zdenerwowania". Ostrzeżenie jak wyżej pojawiło się w kontekście lektury owej książki na seminarium zajmującym się konstruowaniem tożsamości wokół takich wartości jak "rasa, klasa, płeć i seksualność".
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"A British university slapped George Orwell's novel 1984 with a trigger warning following concerned some students might find it "offensive and upsetting." The novel examine the how the role of truth and facts in a society can be manipulated under a dictatorship. The school decided the materials in the book could be upsetting to some students and labeled it as "explicit materials" on the cover of the book.According to Breitbart News, the English department at the University of Northampton warned students taking the class, "Identity Under Construction" they might find the subject matter upsetting or offensive. The school decided the fragile generation might have a problem with the novel's anti-totalitarianism ideals."


"The module for the class stated the course will examine the study of literature and poetry through the lens of feminism, postmodernism, and post-colonialism. The primary focus of the class was examining the "constructions of identity, around issues such as race, class, gender and sexuality.”“1984 was supposed to be a piece of fiction, but in current times it reads more like an instruction manual. There’s no wonder the upper echelons of society are trying to censor it," a former British college professor stated. “Universities have lost their collective minds. One’s time as a student is supposed to be a time of exploration and open debate–these days, it seems, they want to wrap everyone up in cotton wool and ‘protect’ them from different/offensive opinions. It’s absurd."

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