中年女性在传统文学领域中一直是被着墨最少的一个群体。上有乖巧的孩童、窈窕的淑女、多情的少妇,下有慈母、外婆。所以,传统的文学艺术中大都漠视中年妇女的存在,中年女性的形象向来都过于单一,其存在的方式多以妻子或母亲的身份捎带介绍,来确保作品的完满形;或者做其他人的陪衬,而且多为负面角色。几乎很少有人认真思考这群中年女性,她们的想法、她们的隐性需要,而是一味地苛责她们要尽的义务和要履行的责任。本文将主要通过分析《廊桥遗梦》,辅以其他的文学作品,来还原那些快要被人遗忘的中年女性,以及她们那些在父系文化中被压抑的“遗梦”。 Middle-aged women in the field of traditional literature has been one of the least inked group. There are well-behaved children, misty ladies, passionate young women, under the mother, grandmother. Therefore, most of the traditional literary arts ignore the existence of middle-aged women. The image of middle-aged women has always been too single, and its existence is mostly piggy-backed with his wife or mother to ensure the perfect shape of the work. The foil, but mostly negative roles. Few people seriously think about this group of middle-aged women, their ideas and their hidden needs, but blame them for their obligations and responsibilities to be fulfilled. This article will mainly focus on the analysis of the “Covered Bridge Madison County,” supplemented by other literary works, to restore those who are about to be forgotten middle-aged women, as well as those who are suppressed in the patriarchal culture “dreams ”.