Nora's Journey in China: The Cross-cultural Adaptation and Localization of <italic style="font-style: italic">A Doll's House</italic>

Xuan Hu; Yi Zhang

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Nora's Journey in China: The Cross-cultural Adaptation and Localization of <italic style="font-style: italic">A Doll's House</italic>

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Nora's Journey in China: The Cross-cultural Adaptation and Localization of A Doll's House
Nora's Journey in China: The Cross-cultural Adaptation and Localization of A Doll's House
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Jiangsu Nanjing 210000
Vol. 6, Issue 2, Pages: 95-99(2025)
Published：30 June 2025
DOI：10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786521.20250602
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Xuan Hu,Yi Zhang.Nora's Journey in China: The Cross-cultural Adaptation and Localization of A Doll's House[J].Research on Literary and Art Development,2025,06(02):95-99.
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Xuan Hu,Yi Zhang.Nora's Journey in China: The Cross-cultural Adaptation and Localization of A Doll's House[J].Research on Literary and Art Development,2025,06(02):95-99. DOI： 10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786521.20250602.

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Since its introduction to China in the early 20th century

Ibsen's

A Doll's House

has been continuously adapted and reinterpreted

reflecting shifting Chinese understandings of gender

family

individual agency

and social roles. This study

grounded in the theoretical framework of the localization of world literature

examines three key Chinese adaptations: Wu Xue's 1956 version

the 1998 National Theatre production

and the 2019

Sheng Nü's House

recipient of the Ibsen Scholarship. It analyzes how these adaptations localize Western cultural symbols and translate cross-cultural themes. The findings reveal a progressive deepening of localization

with cultural metaphors evolving from critiques of social structure and identity anxiety to expressions of plural subjectivities. These adaptations exemplify the creative regeneration of foreign classics withi

n Chinese contexts and highlight the role of intercultural theatre in sustaining the dynamism of world literature.

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Nora's Journey in China: The Cross-cultural Adaptation and Localization of A Doll's House

DOI：10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786521.20250602

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