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MIT OpenCourseWare
Script Analysis
Art: Praetorius Trombones 1614-1620 Syntagma Musicum · Public domain
- Instructor
- Michael Ouellette
- Term
- Fall 2005
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 reading · 16 other files · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
Other versions of this course
- 21T.131 · Fall 2011 · Study here
- 21T.131 · Fall 2005 · Study here (this version)
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 21T.131 Script Analysis, Fall 2005, Michael Ouellette — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Before you start
Prerequisites are not listed here. Check MIT's own syllabus for this course.
How this course was organized
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- A lecture sequence of 11 items is confirmed. It stays as organized materials rather than a full course order.
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Assignments
16 files
- Directions for the Doll’s House paper Download
- Directions for the History of Private Life presentation Download
- Final paper by Susan Wilson (Courtesy of Susan Wilson. Used with permission.) Download
- Final paper by Hui Ying Wen (Courtesy of Hui Ying Wen. Used with permission.) Download
- Democracy · General comments on the presentations Download
- Comments on Hui Ying Wen’s presentation Download
- directions_one_page_papers.pdf Download
- Directions for the comparison paper. Download
- Comments on Susan Wilson’s presentation Download
- Directions for the One Page Papers Download
- This resource contains instructions for the final presentation and paper to be done for the course (final_ppr_descp.pdf) Download
- Example of a comprehensive summery paper, by John Gardner (Courtesy of John Gardner. Used with permission.) Download
- comp_paper_direc.pdf Download
- Many students find it helpful to refer to this general guide to analysis when conducting a dramatic analysis of a script. Download
- Directions for the final presentation and paper Download
- The Piano Lesson · General comments on the presentations Download
Course outline
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Lecture 5: Joseph Losey’s film of A Doll’s House
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Lecture 6: Wrap-up of A Doll’s House
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Lecture 13: Euripides’ Medea
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Lecture 14: Anouilh’s Medea
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Lecture 17: The Caucasian Chalk Circle
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Lecture 18: Democracy (Final Project Play)
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Lecture 19: The Piano Lesson (Final Project Play)
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Lecture 20: The Good Person of Szechwan (Final Project Play)
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Lecture 21: The Cherry Orchard (Griffiths Translation)
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Lecture 22: The Cherry Orchard (Mamet Translation)
MIT OpenCourseWare, Michael Ouellette, 21T.131 Script Analysis, Fall 2005.
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