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    oe NOLI ME TANGERE, CONTEXT AND CONTENT * 056 Riza’ first novel, Noli Me Téngere, is considered one of CHAPTER 9 the most important written outputs by the national hero at the height of his intellectual endeavors in Europe. In this nove, Rizal mustered his academic acumens as he tapped his knowledge of various flelds and wove a narrative that aimed to represem, if not expose, the realities of nineteenth century colonial life in the PhilppinesyMany appreciate the Noll for its narrative that takes the ‘readers trough the eyes of its characters, on a journey of love and deception, struggles and triumphs; and in the process, presents Pressing questions about power and socal inequalies. This chapter will explore the context of the publication of the ‘Nol. The novet's major elements will also be appraised from its main Characters and settings and its plot and major confcts wil be tackled. LmmmeentiAENING OBJECTIVES Athe end of his chapter, the students should be able to: describe the context ofthe publication ofthe Noli Me Tangere: and 7 discuss the major elements ofthe Noll Me Téngere as a novel ‘Revel - 2 long writen story most often about fictional events and characters setting in a novell the context in which the events take place; covers ‘geographical areas in particular periods of time plot - the flow of the naratve in story ne Publication of the Noy; Asa sojourner in Europe Aad the usados wlize propaganda tocampne™ eiihe Philipines. Usilzing the wl ea Participated inthe intellectual. prowess, the ‘Outputs from news bits, to feature articles, and commentaries, They also produced from satirical pieces to world-c aon las painti shieattic and literary collection, Rizas exemplary manerpak. ds was clearly evden in one of his mon otc Hisfist novel, Noli Me Tingere a fos released various written The idea of publishing a book was not alien to Rizal. faa meeting of the ilustrados in 1884, he proposed to write a book project t0 be done collaboratively with his fellow wriers, Unfortunately, the project did not materialize. He eventually decided to write a novel on his own. He started work on the project in 1884 and completed itn 1887, Many of his biographers cite several works that influenced Rizal in the writing of the Noli. One of these is Juan Luna's psiming, Solarium, which depicted the sufrings faced by humanity in the face of inequalities. Another is Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe tha deal with slavery in America, Rizal finished the first half of the novel in Spain, supposedly the srher half in France, then completed the drat in oe fovel was published the following year in Germany. Lack \/€is delayed the book's publication until a fellow iuado, 420 Viola, insisted on lending him 300 pesos for the printing ot the fist 25000 copies. By 1887, Rizal was alceady sending oe of the Noli to his friends and the book began to take Z i te. Motivations behind Writing the Novi se Kol Me Tingere had Biblical reference yg Gospel Jou in which Je appeared 0 Mry Magda ee hee words “Touch me ot fF 1AM not ye acy ae er The choice of tile acording to Rizal wa the intended to write about themes that were taboo int? es foccmari things that people dared not ouch Acorn his biographers Rial fst planned to wie

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