The 2020 protests sparked iconoclastic criticism from historians from Winston Churchill to Charles Dickens, and Austin was also drawn into the Jane Austen Museum slavery debate, which reconsidered its position in the “colonialism of its time.” The author’s personal connections to the slave trade were also discovered, as her father, the Reverend George Austen, was once the manager of a sugar plantation in Antigua. The Department of English and Literature in Stirling has not criticized Austen, and the university said the Special Authors section changes focus on an annual basis. Internal documents stated that there would be changes in course structure or outcomes for students, in addition to improved diversity and “colonization”. While this is cited as an advantage in the module change application, the issue of decolonization is also a concern in the English classroom, with trigger warnings being added to the reading list to warn students of “the language of colonialism”.
“Provocative material”
The reading section for a section in English states: “Some of the material in the section includes a discussion of colonialism (including colonial violence against men and women), slavery, violence, racism, sexism, and representational issues. gender, class, race and mental health. “ Historical colonialism is not the only issue that receives a warning in the list of texts and another section warns that some texts deal with issues of “neo-colonialism”, adding: “This is provocative material dealing with inequalities and” differences “in various Settings.” Stirling University said the Special Authors rotation course “aims to introduce students to a wide range of writers, including international voices and those from British literary history”. Morrison, who died in 2019, was a Nobel Prize-winning author best known for novels such as The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon and Beloved.
