成熟女人的覺醒：管窺波特的米蘭達故事

The Awakening of Mature WomenInK. A. Porter’s MirandaStories

波特的米蘭達故事系列，剖析的不僅是米蘭達的成長，也兼及老一輩的內心覺醒。年長或成熟的女性經歷其成長過程，最後終於尋回自我。然而，她們必須付出自由的代價。讓我們傾聽她們的聲音，深入瞭解她們，也誠摯支持她們。

Porter’s Miranda stories give not only an account of Miranda’s initiation but also that of the older generation. These older or mature women undergo female bildungsroman. They succeed eventually in it and come to be whole unto themselves. Beyond doubt, they have to assume what DeMouy called the “burden of freedom”(p.15). Letuslisten to them attentively, understand them profoundly, and support them sincerely.