MOD 4: RIZAL'S CONCEPT OF NATIONALISM AND THE NOLI ME TANGERE

discrimination experienced by filipinos from peninsular spaniards

he was dissatisfied with his stay in ust mostly due to the ___

compañerismo

he establised the ___, a secret society to protect filipino students from the racial discrimination

spain; france, germany, and other locations in europe

around the age of 21, rizal left the country mainly for ___ and later traveled to___

liberal and progressive ideas

his time in europe allowed him to immerse himself in ___ that were flourishing during the late 19th century

universidad central de madrid

rizal enrolled in ___ on november 3, 1882

• medicine

• philosophy and letters

he enrolled in courses in ___ (universidad central de madrid)

academy of san carlos

he also attended classes for painting and sculpting at the ___

san fernando academy of fine arts

he also attended classes for drawing at the ___

circulo-hispano filipino (association of hispanic-filipinos)

this organization was pushing for government reforms to address abuses in the philippines

revista del circula hispano-filipino

they started a newspaper called ___

1884

he was able to complete his licentiate in medicine in ___

1885

he was able to complete his licentiate in philosophy and letters

• failure to submit a thesis

• failure to pay fees

he was not given a diploma (doctorate in medicine) because of the following:

“genius knows no country, genius is everywhere, and genius is like light air, the patrimony of everybody, cosmopolitan like space, fire, and God

in a banquet for their (juan luna and felix resurreccion hidalgo) honor, rizal made a speech that emphasizes the significance of their achievements

france (mostly in paris) and germany (mostly in heidelberg and later berlin)

1885 onwards, rizal traveled to ___ for his specialization

ophthalmology

what was his specialization?

dr louis de wecker

in france, he was an apprentice under ___

univeristy eye hospital (augenklinik); dr otto becker

in germany at ___, he worked under ___

prof wilhelm kuehne

he also attended his (otto becker) and the lectures of ___

german catholics and protestants lived among each other harmoniously

what did he noticed during his stay in germany?

ferdinand blumentritt

rizal started corresponding with ___ in around 1886, a scholar of philippine studies

show philippines in its colonial state

around 1884, he started to compose a novel that was intended to ___

march 21, 1887

noli me tangere (touch me not) was published in ___

maximo viola

due to his financial status, he borrowed from his friend ___ to have the book published

cancer patient

rizal compared the philippines to a ___ who, even with the gentlest touch, awakens the sharpest pains

• exposes the abuses and corruption of Spanish colonial rule and the friars in the Philippines

• awakens national consciousness by revealing the deep social cancer eating away at Philippine society under colonialism

what kind of novel is the noli me tangere

carlos felix lozada quirino

was a philippine biographer and historian

don crisostomo ibarra

composite character with much of Rizal himself as the prototype

capitan tiago

represents businessmen (large commercial partnerships) who has strong connections to the church

• composite reference to telesforo chuidian, manuel buenaventura, and a malabon businessman

padre damaso

brilliant picturization of the novel he carries the dirty clothes of a Franciscan, always coarse, always tyrannical and continuously corrupt, in real Philippine life I have studied and dealt with him, now clothed sometimes in the white

dona victorina and don tiburcio de espadana

the dominating wealthy local woman who then married an impoverished and stuttering Penninsular Spaniard. The wife pretended to be a pure-blooded Spaniard

• reference to dona agustina medel and spanish husband coca

pilosop tasio

Regidor believed ___ to be a notorious quack named Francisco Rodriguez…was patterned in some ways on the author’s own brother Paciano Rizal

padre salvi

was an actual individual whom gossip had linked with nefarious goings on at the Santa, nunnery

crispin and basilio (children of sisa)

had their real-life counterpart in San Rafael, Bulacan in Fray Antonio de Piernavieja who was believed to be responsible for the death of a sacristan and a pregnant woman in his convent

august 1887

jose rizal returned to the philippines in ___

governor-general emilio terrero

was impressed by rizal’s explanation when he was called into the Malacañang to explain accusations of subversion

reverend vicente garcia

• supported him and defended him

• he was not ignorant

• he criticized bad spanish officials and corrupt friars

• he didnt commit a mortal sin for reading the book

leave the philippines for his safety

gov-gen terrero advised rizal to ___

the abuses of the Spanish friars, particularly in their control over land and their exploitation of Filipino tenants

in both noli and el fili, rizal highlights ___

the calamba dispute, where the dominican friars increased rent arbitrarily and oppressed the tenants

__ is mirrored in the novels (noli and el fili), especially in the land disputes faced by characters

“social cancer”

rizal used the noli me tangere to reveal the ___ of his time

reform, justice, and dignity

his concept of nationalism was not blind patriotism but a call for what?

critical, compassionate, and committed to the common good

what does nationalism means today?