Course Guide for GEC 9 : The Life and Works of Rizal

Summer, 2021

Course Description: As mandated by the Republic Act No. 1425, this course covers the life and works of
our country’s national hero, Jose Rizal. Among topic covered are Rizal’s biography and his writings,
particularly the novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, some of his essays, and various
correspondences,

Week 1: Topic 1: Republic Act 1425;

Topic 2: 19th Century Philippines as Rizal’s context

Week 2: Topic: Rizal’s Life, Family, Childhood and Early Education

Readings: Rizal’s Own Story : My Boyhood. pp. 14-19

My Schooling at Binan pp. 20-23
My Daily Life in Binan pp. 24-29
The Injustice Done to my Mother pp. 30 -35

Reference: Rizal’s Own Story of His Life : Project Guttenberg:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/48438/48438-h/48438-h.htm#references

Week 3: Topic: Rizal’s Life: Higher Education and Life Abroad

Readings: Rizal’s Own Story : A student in Manila – pp. 36-59

From Japan to England Across America –pp. 71-73

Reference: Rizal’s Own Story of His Life : Project Guttenberg:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/48438/48438-h/48438-h.htm#references

Week 4: Topic: Rizal’s Life: Exile, Trial, and Death

Readings: My Deportation To Dapitan

Video:
Bayani: Isang Imbestigasyon ng Pagkatao at Pakikibaka ni Jose Rizal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PjT-QIt2yU

Week 5-6: Topic: The Writings of Rizal

1. Annotation of Morga’s Succesos de las Islas Filipinas

2. Noli Me Tangere
 3. El Filibusterismo
4. Rizal’s essay and other writings:
 Letters to the Women of Malolos
 Filipino Proverbs
 Rizal’s Don’t
 Memory Gems to Rizal’s Writings

Week 7: Topic 1: Jose Rizal and Filipino Nationalism- Bayani and Kabayanihan

Topic 2: Jose Rizal and Filipino Nationalism- National Symbol

Video:

JOSÉ RIZAL: Sa Landas ng Paglaya by National Historical Commission of the Philippines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX4_mB4mplY

Final requirement:
Write an analysis in one of Rizal’s writings indicated below.
1. The Indolence of the Filipino
2. The Philippines a Century Hence

Basic Protocol
1. Full name should be use in the display name for recognition and attendance.
2. All microphones should always be muted unless there is a need to talk. But cameras should be open.
(Mic –off; Cam –On)
3. Decency should always be observed in the classroom (i.e. decent shirt/dress, conversation, etc.)
4. Different platforms will be used throughout the semester, if it is not possible for anyone to access those
platforms, inform the professor ahead.
5. Quizzes will be given through on-line platforms however, major exams will be given in the traditional
way (paper and pen) during school days., (if applicable)
6. Before the examination, the students will be assigned a particular batch to take the exam. It will be
limited to ten students per batch, hence strict compliance to the schedules will be implemented.
7. Others.