Moral Inversion and Enlightenment Re-signification in Pablo de Olavide’s Novel La paisana virtuosa (1800)

This article examines La paisana virtuosa (1800) by Pablo de Olavide as a critical rewriting of a French narrative model centered on the moral degradation of women: La paysanne pervertie (1784), by Restif de La Bretonne. In contrast to the pedagogy of punishment characteristic of certain eighteenth-...

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Autor principal: Hamer-Flores, Adolfo
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Publicado: Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humanidades. Instituto de Letras "Alfredo Veiravé" 2025
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Olavide
Virtue
Enlightenment
Moral narrative
Woman
virtud
ilustración
narrativa moral
mujer
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spelling I48-R154-article-89852025-12-24T00:28:51Z Moral Inversion and Enlightenment Re-signification in Pablo de Olavide’s Novel La paisana virtuosa (1800) Inversión moral y resignificación ilustrada en la novela La paisana virtuosa de Pablo de Olavide (1800) Hamer-Flores, Adolfo Olavide Virtue Enlightenment Moral narrative Woman Olavide virtud ilustración narrativa moral mujer This article examines La paisana virtuosa (1800) by Pablo de Olavide as a critical rewriting of a French narrative model centered on the moral degradation of women: La paysanne pervertie (1784), by Restif de La Bretonne. In contrast to the pedagogy of punishment characteristic of certain eighteenth-century fictions, Olavide proposes a structural inversion that turns his protagonist into an embodiment of resilient virtue. Through narrative, ideological, and comparative analysis, the study shows that the novel is not a servile adaptation but a conscious reconstruction that reframes Enlightenment ideals from an evangelical perspective. The transformation is articulated within the framework of the Lecturas útiles y entretenidas cycle, addressing the interrelations among reason, faith, virtue, and female agency. The article concludes that Olavide acts more as a moral reformer than as a mere translator, and that his literary project integrates Enlightenment and Christianity in an original and programmatic way. Este artículo examina la novela La paisana virtuosa (1800) de Pablo de Olavide como una reescritura crítica de un modelo narrativo francés centrado en la degradación moral de la mujer: La paysanne pervertie (1784), de Restif de La Bretonne. Frente a la pedagogía del escarmiento característica de ciertas ficciones del siglo XVIII, Olavide propone una inversión estructural que convierte a su protagonista en encarnación de la virtud resistente. A través del análisis narrativo, ideológico y comparativo, se demuestra que esta obra no es una adaptación servil, sino una reconstrucción consciente que reformula el ideario ilustrado desde una perspectiva evangélica. El estudio articula esta transformación en el marco de las Lecturas útiles y entretenidas, abordando las relaciones entre razón, fe, virtud y agencia femenina. Se concluye que Olavide opera como reformador moral más que como simple traductor, y que su proyecto literario integra Ilustración y cristianismo de modo original y programático. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humanidades. Instituto de Letras "Alfredo Veiravé" 2025-12-24 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/xml application/zip https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8985 10.30972/clt.288985 Cuadernos de Literatura; No. 28 (2025): Diciembre; 1-17 Cuadernos de Literatura; Núm. 28 (2025): Diciembre; 1-17 Cuadernos de Literatura; n. 28 (2025): Diciembre; 1-17 2684-0499 0326-5102 spa https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8985/8749 https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8985/8750 https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8985/8751
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Virtue
Enlightenment
Moral narrative
Woman
Olavide
virtud
ilustración
narrativa moral
mujer
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Virtue
Enlightenment
Moral narrative
Woman
Olavide
virtud
ilustración
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mujer
Hamer-Flores, Adolfo
Moral Inversion and Enlightenment Re-signification in Pablo de Olavide’s Novel La paisana virtuosa (1800)
topic_facet Olavide
Virtue
Enlightenment
Moral narrative
Woman
Olavide
virtud
ilustración
narrativa moral
mujer
author Hamer-Flores, Adolfo
author_facet Hamer-Flores, Adolfo
author_sort Hamer-Flores, Adolfo
title Moral Inversion and Enlightenment Re-signification in Pablo de Olavide’s Novel La paisana virtuosa (1800)
title_short Moral Inversion and Enlightenment Re-signification in Pablo de Olavide’s Novel La paisana virtuosa (1800)
title_full Moral Inversion and Enlightenment Re-signification in Pablo de Olavide’s Novel La paisana virtuosa (1800)
title_fullStr Moral Inversion and Enlightenment Re-signification in Pablo de Olavide’s Novel La paisana virtuosa (1800)
title_full_unstemmed Moral Inversion and Enlightenment Re-signification in Pablo de Olavide’s Novel La paisana virtuosa (1800)
title_sort moral inversion and enlightenment re-signification in pablo de olavide’s novel la paisana virtuosa (1800)
description This article examines La paisana virtuosa (1800) by Pablo de Olavide as a critical rewriting of a French narrative model centered on the moral degradation of women: La paysanne pervertie (1784), by Restif de La Bretonne. In contrast to the pedagogy of punishment characteristic of certain eighteenth-century fictions, Olavide proposes a structural inversion that turns his protagonist into an embodiment of resilient virtue. Through narrative, ideological, and comparative analysis, the study shows that the novel is not a servile adaptation but a conscious reconstruction that reframes Enlightenment ideals from an evangelical perspective. The transformation is articulated within the framework of the Lecturas útiles y entretenidas cycle, addressing the interrelations among reason, faith, virtue, and female agency. The article concludes that Olavide acts more as a moral reformer than as a mere translator, and that his literary project integrates Enlightenment and Christianity in an original and programmatic way.
publisher Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humanidades. Instituto de Letras "Alfredo Veiravé"
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url https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8985
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