A college has warned college students that Ernest Hemingway’s novel Previous Man And The Sea comprises graphic scenes – of fishing.
College students on the College of the Highlands and Islands have been issued with a content material warning earlier than studying the traditional.
It got here regardless of TV and movie diversifications of the 1952 novel being awarded U and PG certificates, that means they have been deemed appropriate for kids.
Mary Dearborn, the writer of Ernest Hemingway, A Biography, described the transfer as "nonsense".
She stated: "It blows my thoughts to suppose college students is likely to be inspired to keep away from the ebook.
"The world is a violent place and it's counterproductive to fake in any other case.
"A lot of the violence within the story is rooted within the pure world. It's the legislation of nature.”
Jeremy Black, emeritus professor of historical past on the College of Exeter, stated the warning is "notably silly given the dependency of the economic system of the Highlands and Islands on industries resembling fishing".
He added: "Many nice works of literature have included references to fishing, whaling or searching.
"Is the college severely suggesting all this literature is ringed with warnings?"
The novel tells the story of Santiago, an ageing fisherman who catches an 18ft marlin whereas crusing, which he later, reluctantly, goes on to kill.
The content material warning was revealed below freedom of data legal guidelines.
Different warnings, embody college students being informed Homer's The Iliad comprises "scenes of violent shut fight", whereas Romeo
And Juliet students are cautioned the play has scenes of "stabbing, poison and suicide".
A college spokesman stated content material warnings "allow college students to make knowledgeable decisions"
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