...José Rizal Biography Doctor, Activist, Poet, Journalist (1861–1896) QUICK FACTS NAME José Rizal OCCUPATION Doctor, Activist, Poet, Journalist BIRTH DATE June 19, 1861 DEATH DATE December 30, 1896 EDUCATION University of Madrid, University of Heidelberg, University of Santo Tomas PLACE OF BIRTH Calamba, Laguna Province, Philippines PLACE OF DEATH Manila, Philippines AKA José Rizal FULL NAME José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda SYNOPSIS EARLY LIFE WRITING AND REFORM EXILE IN THE PHILIPPINES EXECUTION AND LEGACY CITE THIS PAGE José Rizal called for peaceful reform of Spain's colonial rule in the Philippines. After his 1896 execution, he became an icon for the nationalist movement. IN THESE GROUPS “[C]reative genius does not manifest itself solely within the borders of a specific country: it sprouts everywhere; it is like light and air; it belongs to everyone: it is cosmopolitan like space, life and God.” —José Rizal Synopsis José Rizal was born on June 19, 1861, in Calamba, Philippines. While living in Europe, Rizal wrote about the discrimination that accompanied Spain's colonial rule of his country. He returned to the Philippines in 1892, but was exiled due to his desire for reform. Although he supported peaceful change, Rizal was convicted of sedition and executed on December 30, 1896, at age 35. Early Life On June 19, 1861, José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was born in Calamba in the Philippines' Laguna Province...
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...RIZL11 - LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL RIZAL LAW (Batas Rizal) REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1425 AN ACT TO INCLUDE IN THE CURRICULA OF ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES COURSES ON THE LIFE, WORKS AND WRITINGS OF JOSE RIZAL, PARTICULARLY HIS NOVELS NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO, AUTHORIZING THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, today, more than any other period of our history, there is a need for a re-dedication to the ideals of freedom and nationalism for which our heroes lived and died; WHEREAS, it is meet that in honoring them, particularly the national hero and patriot, Jose Rizal, we remember with special fondness and devotion their lives and works that have shaped the national character; WHEREAS, the life, works and writing of Jose Rizal, particularly his novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, are a constant and inspiring source of patriotism with which the minds of the youth, especially during their formative and decisive years in school, should be suffused; WHEREAS, all educational institutions are under the supervision of, and subject to regulation by the State, and all schools are enjoined to develop moral character, personal discipline, civic conscience and to teach the duties of citizenship; Now, therefore, SECTION 1. Courses on the life, works and writings of Jose Rizal, particularly his novel Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, shall be included in the curricula of all schools, colleges and universities...
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...Biography of Jose Rizal The Birth of a Hero: Born On June 19, 1861, Seventh of the 11 Children of Theodora Relonda and Francisco Mercado Real Name: Jose Protacio Alonzo Mercado Rizal y Realonda Rizal as a Child: Age of 3 – learns his alphabet from his mother. Age of 5 – learns how to write and read. Age of 8 – wrote his first poem “ Sa aking mga Kababata “ 11 Children of Francisco and Theodora Saturnina ( 1850 – 1913 ) - eldest child of the family. Paciano ( 1815 – 1930 ) - Older brother of Jose Rizal. Narcisa ( 1852 – 1939 ) - also called as “Sisa” and the third child of the family. Olimpia Rizal ( 1855 – 1887 ) - a telegraph operator in Manila. Lucia ( 1857 – 1919 ) - married to Mariano Herbosa of Calamba. Maria ( 1859 – 1945 ) - also called as “Biang”. JOSE ( 1861 – 1896 ) ( The greatest hero and Philippine encyclopedia ) - also called as “Pepe”. Concepcion ( 1862 – 1865 ) - also called as “Concha”. Died at the age of 3 due to a serious case of illness. Josefa ( 1865 – 1945 ) - also called as “Panggo”. Trinidad ( 1868 – 1951 ) - also called as “Trining”. Soledad ( 1870 – 1929 ) - youngest member of the family. She marry Pantaleon Quintero of Calamba. The Hero’s Pain Rizal is very sad when his sister concha died, because concha is very close to him, they play together and do other stuffs together. Concha died at the age of 3. The story of the Moth This is the story of Thoedora to Rizal...
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...2014-2015 Document Reference: QR-AAD-013 Life and Works of Jose Rizal (SSCI 111) Revision No: 00 Issue No: 01 Date Issued: LEARNING MODULE TITLE The Historical Background of the Rizal Law and 19th Century Philippines LEARNING MODULE RATIONALE In this module, we will discuss the historical context of the Rizal Law. Before we tackle Jose Rizal’s life and works, it is important discuss its legal basis and the issues surrounding it for us to understand why we need to study this course and what we must achieve in studying it. Historians agree that every historical actor is a product of his time, therefore it is equally important and beneficial for our study to learn the historical context of Jose Rizal – the social, economic and political milieu of his time in order to contextualize our study of his life and works. Doing away with historical context, might mislead us from a genuine reading and understanding of Jose Rizal’s life and works. In order to achieve this, we will start our study by having a glimpse of the 19th century Philippines or the last century of Spanish colonial regime in the Philippine. LEARNING OUTCOMES The following are the learning outcomes we are expected to achieve at the end of the lesson: Understand the historical background and rationale of the Rizal Law and the Historical context of 19th Century Philippines • Explain the rationale of the Rizal Law • Discuss the historical context of the Rizal Law • Describe the Spanish colonial government by reading...
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...José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda [1] (June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896, Bagumbayan), was aFilipino polymath, patriot and the most prominent advocate for reform in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. He is regarded as the foremost Filipino patriot and is listed as one of the national heroes of the Philippines by National Heroes Committee.[2] His execution by the Spanish in 1896, a date marked annually as Rizal Day, a Philippine national holiday, was one of the causes of the Philippine Revolution. Rizal was born to a rich family in Calamba, Laguna and was the seventh of eleven children. He attended the Ateneo Municipal de Manila, earning a Bachelor of Arts, and enrolled in medicine at the University of Santo Tomas. He continued his studies at the Universidad Central de Madrid in Madrid, Spain, earning the degree of Licentiate in Medicine. He also attended the University of Paris and earned a second doctorate at the University of Heidelberg. Rizal was a polyglot conversant in twenty-two languages.[3][4][5][6] He was a prolific poet, essayist, diarist, correspondent, and novelist whose most famous works were his two novels, Noli me Tangere and El filibusterismo.[7]These social commentaries on Spanish rule formed the nucleus of literature that inspired peaceful reformists and armed revolutionaries alike. As a political figure, José Rizal was the founder of La Liga Filipina, a civic organization that subsequently gave birth to the Katipunan[8] led by Andrés...
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...Week 6 “Hispanization” of the Natives * The Encomienda System (New World) * Definition of terms: * Encomienda – land trust * Encomendero – land trustee * Repartimientas – Indians granted to the land trustee * It can be traced in American colonies (particularly the South & Central America) which were later turned as Spanish permanent settlements * “New Spain” * Spanish explorers conquered the New World (feudalism) * Modified type of feudalism – encomienda system * It was established on May, 1493 by the Crown in Castle * Crown – had the power to entrust/ remove the land trust to the encomendero * Scope of the encomienda system: land +inhabitants * Spanish authorities justified their dominion over the New World by stating that their main responsibility was to propagate Catholic faith * Law of Burgos * Tribute * They believe that they could bring civilization to the New World * Rampant exploitation and abuse * The estates were still in the possession of inhabitants: an encomendero had no political authority * The Crown reluctant expressed his desire to abolish the encomienda system * It was overruled because the Royal Crown of Spain was threatened of rebellion and anguish cries of the Spaniards in America (New World) * Causes of the degeneration of the encomienda system in America: * Drastic decline of indigenous population * Transition from mercantile economy to industrial economy * The Encomienda System...
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...Biography of Rizal José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda, the national hero of the Philippines and pride of the Malayan race, was born on June 19, 1861, in the town of Calamba, Laguna. He was the seventh child in a family of 11 children. Both his parents were educated and belonged to distinguished families. His father name is Francisco Mercado Rizal, an industrious farmer whom Rizal called "a model of fathers," came from Biñan, Laguna; while his mother, Teodora Alonzo y Quintos, a highly cultured and accomplished woman whom Rizal called "loving and prudent mother," was born in Meisic, Sta. Cruz, Manila. At the age of 3, he learned the alphabet from his mother; at 5, while learning to read and write, he already showed inclinations to be an artist. He astounded his family and relatives by his pencil drawings and sketches and by his moldings of clay. At the age 8, he wrote a Tagalog poem, "Sa Aking Mga Kabata," the theme of which revolves on the love of one’s language. In 1877, at the age of 16, he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree with an average of "excellent" from the Ateneo Municipal de Manila. In the same year, he enrolled in Philosophy and Letters at the University of Santo Tomas, while at the same time took courses leading to the degree of surveyor and expert assessor at the Ateneo. He finished the latter course on March 21, 1877 and passed the Surveyor’s examination on May 21, 1878; but because of his age, 17, he was not granted license to practice the profession...
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...on in translation, a second life or afterlife, as Walter Benjamin puts it. During the American period, the first English translation, An Eagle Flight, based on the first French translation in 1899, was published in 1900. The second English translation, entitled Friars and Filipinos, appeared in 1902, and it was made by Frank Ernest Gannett, then secretary to Jacob Schurman, chair of the First Philippine Commission. Politics intruded in the translations; the omissions and additions recreated a novel suited to the American reader who wanted to gain information about the new colony. only after the institution of the public school system were Filipinos expected to read the novel in its English translation. Keywords: José rizal • translation • afterlife • paratext • rizal law PHILIPPINE STUDIES 59, No. 4 (2011) 495–527 © Ateneo de Manila University J osé Rizal’s novel,...
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...something, you have zeal, which is kind of a mix of eagerness and energy and devotion. -a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause) Filibuster or loco -filibusterismo’ means the idea of the breaking away of the colony from the mother country, and 'filibusteros’ are accordingly those who aspire for the realization of this idea. For our purposes, however, it will be more practical to ask: Who is considered a 'filibustero’ in the Philippines?” And let Rizal answer: * Those who do not raise their hats to Spaniards. * Those who only greet a friar instead of kissing his hand or his habit. * Those who offer resistance to being addressed with the familiar “tu” by the best Spaniard. * Those who subscribe to a periodical from Spain or another European country. * Those who, at elections, give their vote to a candidate other than the one recommended by the priest. * Those who read books other than miracle stories and biographies of saints. “In brief, all those,” Rizal sums up, “who in modern civilized countries and un Brave women in Malolos On 12 December 1888, twenty women from prominent, wealthy Chinese-Filipino families of Malolos, Bulacan signed and presented a...
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...Chua / The Making of Jose Garcia Villa’s A Footnote to Youth 9 THE MAKING OF JOSE GARCIA VILLA’S FOOTNOTE TO YOUTH Jonathan Chua Ateneo de Manila University jchua@ateneo.edu This article recounts the story behind the publication of Villa’s stories and his book Footnote to Youth: Tales of the Philippines and Others (1933) in the United States. First, the conditions of the American literary marketplace are briefly described. Second, documents pertaining to the realization in print of Villa’s stories and his book are analyzed as sites of negotiations between colonial subject (Villa) and the colonial master (his American editors and publishers). Finally, an account of how Villa was made to circulate in the Philippines after the publication of his stories and his book in the United States is given. From these discussions the article hopes to show that Villa’s self-fashioning by publication was both subject to and critical of the colonial condition, alternately reinforcing it and challenging it. Abstract Philippine literature in English, book history, postcolonialism, exotic, author Keywords Jonathan Chua teaches at the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of the Ateneo de Manila University. He is the editor of The Critical Villa: Essays in Literary Criticism by Jose Garcia Villa (2002). His edition of the collected short stories of Jose Garcia Villa is forthcoming from the Ateneo de Manila University Press. About the Author Kritika Kultura 21/22 (2013/2014):...
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...CELEBRATION The municipality of Balilihan like ant other towns celebrated Rizal Day on the 30th of December. The celebration was started with a holy mass at the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish church and followed with a commemoration program at the town plaza. A wreathe laying was done headed by Gov. Edgar Chatto and Mayor Dominisio Chatto, Vice-Mayor Efren Chatto, SB members and the 31 barangays captains. A botika sa barangay kits were also distributed courtesy of Cong. Rene Relampagos thru Mr. Archie Lungay, his representative. Top 10 barangays in RPT collections were also given rewards and of course, the LGU had distributed subsidy to the 31 barangays. Dennis Lacay Dicla BAMM 303 RIZAL’S DAY CELEBRATION DUMAGUETE CITY, Philippines — The city government will lead its constituents in joining the rest of the country in celebrating the 116th death anniversary of national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, Dec 30. at the city’s Quezon Park. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Rizal 2012: Ehemplo ng Sambayanan para sa Tuwid na Daan.” City hall employees, non- government organization as well as those of the national and local government agencies in the city, will gather for the local celebration that will start with simultaneous ringing of church bells, taps and sounding of sirens, volleys raising and waving of flaglets. These will be followed by wreath laying at the base of the Rizal monument, led by Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria and Vice Mayor Alan Gel Cordova, followed...
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... El Filibusterismo by Jose Rizal El Filibusterismo is the second novel written by Doctor Jose Rizal and is a sequel Noli me Tangere. El Filibusterismo means “Reign of Greed” in English. Noli Me Tangere Noli Me Tangere is a Latin word which means “Touch Me Not”. Rizal described in details the sufferings of his countrymen under the Spaniards in this novel. To Josephine Rizal wrote this poem for Josephine Bracken, an Irish woman who went to Dapitan to have her father George Taufer treated for an eye problem. To the Philippine Youth At the age of eighteen years of age, Rizal won first prize for his poem “To the Philippine Youth” in 1879. Our Mother Tongue “Our Mother Tongue” is a poem originally in Tagalog written by Rizal when he was just eight years old. Mi Ultimo Adiós (Original Version) Here is the original Spanish text of My Last Farewell penned by Rizal during his last hours on December 29, 1896. My Last Farewell or Mi Ultimo Adios was the last poem written by Jose Rizal but his friend, Mariano Ponce, was the one who gave the title to this poem. To the Flowers of Heidelberg Jose Rizal wrote “To the Flowers of Heidelberg” on April 24, 1886 while he was in Germany and felt a deep longing for his family and his country. Memories of My Town In “Memories of My Town”, Jose Rizal spoke of his childhood days in Calamba, Laguna recalling his happiest memories of the place and the people. My Retreat Jose Rizal describes in “My Retreat”...
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...We knew Rizal was our Philippine national hero but do you even wonder who Jose Rizal really is? Having this privilege to fully watch the documentary film about the life of a hero directed by Butch Nolasco made me think that it’s very rare to find such person who would give his own life knowing he have all those wealth and intelligence that others don’t have for the sake of his motherland and fellow citizens. If you would be dare to die for your country, will you have the courage to accept it given at this particular moment? That’s the question that surely most of us would decline, wouldn’t we? The documentary film of Jose Rizal shows his life starting from his young age up until the day he died. There featured all the information about his family, the schools and courses that Rizal entered and toke up, his travels across different nations, the particular people he had made friends with and those of his enemies as well, and of course his sacrifices he did for the success of the 2 novels that play an important role in the awakening of patriotism among Filipino patriots .It was also featured the women that Rizal had flings with. As I remembered Segunda Katigbak was Rizal’s First girlfriend while Leonor Rivera his cousin became his first love that lasted for 11 years until her parents arranged a wedding to Kipping. It’s a genuine frustration indeed for a person to be in that kind of situation. Despite Rizal is in the moment of great sorrow with how his relationship with...
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...JOSE RIZAL JOSÉ PROTACIO RIZAL MERCADO Y ALONSO REALONDA (born 19 June 1861, Calamba, Philippines- died 30 December 1896, Manila, Philippines), patriot, physician and man of letters whose life and literary works were an inspiration to the Philippine nationalist movement. Rizal was the son of a prosperous landowner and sugar planter of Chinese-Filipino descent on the island of Luzon. His mother, Teodora Alonso, one of the most highly educated women in the Philippines at that time, exerted a powerful influence on his intellectual development. He was educated at the Ateneo de Manila and the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. In 1882, he went to study medicine and liberal arts at the University of Madrid. A brilliant student, he soon became the leader of the small community of Filipino students in Spain and committed himself to the reform of Spanish rule in his home country, though he never advocated Philippine independence. The chief enemy of reform, in his eyes, was not Spain, which was going through a profound revolution, but the Franciscan, Augustinian and Dominican friars who held the country in political and economic paralysis. Rizal continued his medical studies in Paris and Heidelberg. In 1886, he published his first novel in Spanish, Noli Me Tangere, a passionate exposure of the evils of the friars rule, comparable in its effect to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. A sequel,El Filibusterismo, 1891, established his reputation as the leading spokesman of the...
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...CURRICULUM VITAE JOSE P. RIZAL, B.A., M.D., Ph.D. Calle Real Calamba, Laguna 4027 Philippines PERSONAL INFORMATION Full Name: Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda Address: Calle Real, Calamba, Laguna, 4027 Philippines Date of Birth: 19 June 1861 Place of Birth: Calamba, Laguna Citizenship: Filipino Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Spouse’s Name: Josephine Bracken Children: N/A EDUCATION 1878 - 1882 UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS, PHILIPPINES Philosophy & Letters Medicine 1882 - 1884 UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE MADRID, SPAIN Rating: “Fair”, Degree of Licentiate in Medicine (June 1884) 1884 - 1885 UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE MADRID, SPAIN Doctor of Medicine 1885 - 1886 UNIVERSITY OF PARIS, FRANCE Residence in Ophthalmology 1886 - 1887 UNIVERSITATS AUGENKLINIK, GERMANY Doctor of Ophthalmology (1887) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY November 1885- Ophthalmologist’s Assistant January 1886 Paris, France • Worked as an assistant to Dr. Louis de Weckert (1852-1906) • Gained knowledge in performing eye operations February 1886- Ophthalmologist April 1886 University Eye Hospital University of Heidelberg, Germany • Worked under the direction of Dr. Otto Becker November 1886- Opthalmologist May 1887 Berlin, Germany ...
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