announcing..... LIBERTY IN FILM & FICTION SUMMER SEMINAR STARRING: Students of literature, film, drama, and writing CO-STARRING: An interdisciplinary faculty drawing on fiction, history, economics, film, and more! July 9 - 15, 1994 Bryn Mawr College Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WHAT IS LIBERTY IN FILM & FICTION? A unique week-long summer seminar featuring the ideas of individual liberty, rights, the free economy, peace, and tolerance. Participants get readings drawn from novels, plays, and scripts and from philosophy, history, and economics -- and then spend a stimulating week discussing these ideas in a small-group setting. WHO ATTENDS LIBERTY IN FILM & FICTION Undergraduate and graduate students studying English, literature, cinema, writing, drama, art, as well as M.F.A. students in film and fiction writing. PLUS: interesting faculty who guide discussions, lecture, and give valuable career advice. WHAT WILL WE TALK ABOUT? The big questions of political and social theory, and especially how freedom relates to art and life. Questions such as: **Why is liberty good for people? ** How much freedom for the individual is justifiable? ** What's the relation between liberty and prosperity? Between liberty and peace? Liberty and justice? **When did individualism emerge in literature? ** Does Ayn Rand have a corner on the individualist novel? **Can films with ideas be popular? AND MUCH MUCH MORE! HOW DO I APPLY? Send an email message to Melissa English at [log in to unmask], and you will be forwarded an application electronically. After completeing the application, you may file your application electronically and send your transcripts and $15 application fee by post. If you have any questions, please call 1-800-697-8799. Melissa English Institute for Humane Studies George Mason University 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 20030 --