LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL

Module No. 12 | Carlos Lois P. Sebastian | BSA1-SOUTH1

EL FILIBUSTERISMO
EL FILIBUSTERISM IN GHENT

EL FILIBUSTERISMO

ABOUT GomBurZa
Mariano Gomez – 73
Jose Burgos – 35
Jacinto Zamora - 37
WHAT? - little humor, less idealism n romance
- MORE TRAGIC
CURRENTLY, WHERE IS IT? ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT w/ RIZAL HANDWRITING:
 Filipiniana Division of Bureau of Public Libraries
(Manila)
 270 pages
 FEATURES: Foreword and Warning
TITLE PAGE Inscription of Ferdinand Bluementritt

CHARACTERS AND THEIR INSPIRATION

INSPIRATION CONNECTION TO RIZAL CHARACTER

Father Leoncio Lopes friend, priest in Calamba Padre Florentino
Vicente Ilustre poet; BATANGUENO friend Isagani
Leonor Rivera Paulita Gomes -> loves Isagani but
married to JUANITO PELAEZ

VALENTIN VENTURA

- Saviour of EL FILI
- was given the original manuscript and autographed copy

COMPARISON OF NOLI AND EL FILI

NOLI ME TANGERE EL FILIBUSTERISMO

romantic political
WORK: heart / book of feeling WORK: head / book of though
fresh, color, humor bitterness, hatred, pain
64 chapters 38 chapters

NOTES:
- El FILI was supposed to be longer.
- RIZAL & MH Del Pilar: superior is NOLI

TIMELINE OF EVENTS

TOOK 3 YEARS TO WRITE.

DATE PLACE EVENT

October 1887 Calamba Started EL FILI; doing medicine
1888 London;Paris; Madrid Changes plot
1891
March 29 Biarritz Finished
July 5 Ghent Left Brussels
REASONS:
 COST of PRINTING – cheaper
 ESCAPE PETITE SUZANNE
August 6 SUSPENDED PRINTING; no funds
September 18 1. EL FILI published
 LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL
Module No. 12 | Carlos Lois P. Sebastian | BSA1-SOUTH1
2. 2 COPIES TO HONGKONG – Basa & Sixto Lopez
September 22 Rizal wrote to Bluementritt: I want to write a third novel but about
ethics.
October 18 Hongkong stemear Melbourne in Marseilles

THIRD NOVEL

- NO TITLE, 44 Pages, manuscript form, stars with burial of PRINCE TAGULIMA

- ABOUT: Kamandagang – descendant of LAKAN-DULA.
- IN: National Library in Manila