1984<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe University says that the trigger warning is necessary because \u00a0the book contains \u2018explicit material\u2019 which some students may find \u2018offensive and upsetting\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Northampton is ranked 101 out of 121 in UK university rankings. So one could say that it’s among the UK’s remedial institutions of higher learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perhaps that is why Northampton also has warnings for other works, including the Samuel Beckett play Endgame<\/em>, the graphic novel V For Vendetta<\/em> by Alan Moore and David Lloyd and Jeanette Winterson\u2019s Sexing The Cherry<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe article linked above goes into more detail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One has to wonder, is there a point when Irony reaches critical mass? What happens then, do heads explode, or is it simply a more quiet brain aneurism? Can the human brain self lobotomize as a protective measure? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It should be interesting to see where Northampton’s ranking ends up next year. Perhaps they understand that can’t reach the top rankings and are instead racing for the bottom of the barrel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I stumbled across this one today. University of Northampton have issued a trigger warning for George Orwell\u2019s novel The Orwell novel in question is none other than 1984 The University says that the trigger warning is necessary because \u00a0the book contains \u2018explicit material\u2019 which some students may find \u2018offensive and upsetting\u2019. Northampton is ranked 101 … <\/p>\n
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