在中國1900-1960年時的人們的思考方向與今日不同。那是因為時代和社會環境都不同的緣故。所以，1900-1960年時在中國閱讀《玩偶之家》後的讀者們所產生的心得與感想，也一定與今日的不同。透過當時的文人、學者、藝文作家對《玩偶之家》與「娜拉符號」所發表的意見文本與小說文本，即可得知當時的讀者們解讀《玩偶之家》的視角及其閱讀實踐。本論文處理中國1900-1960年間《玩偶之家》的男性讀者、女性讀者、及代理市井小民閱讀的中介人，這些讀者與中介人多半是當時有名的文人、學者、或藝文作家。而筆者研究的《玩偶之家》文本，不侷限於書面文本的形式，戲劇表演文本的形式也在筆者的研究範圍內。
From 1900 to 1960, China, people thought in the directions which are different from today. That's because the times and social environments are not the same. So, from 1900 to 1960, in China, the readers' thoughts which were caused after reading A Doll's House must also be different from the present. Through the opinion texts and fiction texts, which were written by scholars and writers at that period, basing on A Doll's House or Nora, then the readers' directions to interpreting A Doll's House and their reading practice would be understood. This study is focusing on the male readers, female readers, and the mediators representing for the folk readers of A Doll's House, during 1900-1960, China. These readers and mediators are mostly famous scholars or writers at that period. This study is not only focusing on the paper form text of A Doll's House, but also the performance form.
