LesSOn 2: coNtINuInG

reLEvaNcE of NOli ME
taNgERe
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 OBjeCtIVes
● discuss the social issues presented in the Noli Me Tangere;

● explain the relevance of the novel at present; and

● show social awareness to the issues in the society through a

critical thinking activity.

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 NolI afTEr iTs FirSt
PubLIcaTIon
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 ● Many people regard Noli Me Tangere to be a seminal work of
literature today.
● Resil Mojares, called Rizal the "Father of the Filipino Novel" in his
chronicle of the Philippines' literary history (Testa-De Ocampo,
2011).

● The novel's topics centered around

societal issues.
● As a result, the novel did not go
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unnoticed, and it became a topic of

dispute.
 Published on 1887

● The Spanish clergy and several Spanish colonial officials were among those who
despised the work.
● Fray Salvador Font, barred the reading and ownership of Rizal’s novel.
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 ● Many other friars viewed the book as poisonous and evaluated it as such.
To avoid committing capital sins, they advised devoted Catholics not to
read the work.
● Vicente Barrantes, a Spanish scholar, was a vocal opponent of the work,
writing multiple articles in Spanish newspapers mocking Rizal as a "man of
contradictions."
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 ● Rizal's novel had enthusiastic advocates among his colleagues,
as well as criticism from all sectors. Many of his Propaganda
Movement comrades admired his novel.
Example:
Marcelo H. del Pilar
- Who produced writings in reaction to the Noli's opponents.

Ferdinand Blumentritt
- A fellow academic and friend
of Rizal, who expressed his
support to the novel.
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 Charles Derbyshire
- An American translator who was active around 20th
Century
- His english translation titled “The Social Cancer” were
arguably the most circulated versions.
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 Republic Act 1425, better known as the Rizal Law, was passed to
teach Filipino students nationalism or love of country as expressed
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in the life and writings of Jose Rizal.

 ● Noli Me Tangere as the greatest altitudes of
Philippine Literary History.
● Filipinos rarely read it in its original Spanish
● Benedict Anderson scrutinized the Noli’s
versions and translations as well.
● Rizal’s work has undeniable relevance in the
Philippines.
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 NolI anD tHe sTUdY of
a COloNIal SOciETy
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 The content of Rizal's Noli, which
supported the national hero's
articulations of a social-scientific
understanding of the

DUBBED
nineteenth-century Philippines he
was depicting, is particularly
“NOTEWORTHY”.

"POSSIBLY THE FIRST SYSTEMATIC

SOCIAL THINKER IN SOUTHEAST
ASIA" - Syed Fareed Alatas
(Sociologist)
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 Noli contributes significantly to our
knowledge of colonial society and
the workings of the Spanish empire
in the Philippines.

Many historians see the Noli as Rizal's

diagnosis of colonial society's faults,
as he evaluates the roles of the
church, state, and people.
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 Rizal OUTLINED some of his ideas for emancipating Philippine
society from colonial tyranny in the Noli.

He EMPHASIZED the value of EDUCATION as a significant tool for

advancement. He did, however, illustrate the COMPLEXITY and
LIMITATIONS imposed by the colonial condition not just on foreigners
but also on some misguided Filipinos who contributed to society's
woes.

Rizal STRESSED the good attributes of the Filipinos, which needed to

be harnessed in order to prevail in the struggle for freedom, as he
exposed the terrible realities of the setting he wrote about.
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SUmMarY
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ThANk YOu!
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