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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Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humanidades. Instituto de Letras "Alfredo Veiravé"
2025
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| Sumario: | 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. |
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