LIFE AND WORKS

OF RIZAL
Topics for Discussion
Rizal’s Life: Exile, Trial and Death

■ Lecture on Rizal’s life in exile, his trial, and his death

■ impact of Rizal’s death on Philippine Revolution
■ Rizal’s last letter to family members
■ May use parts of the films:
– Option 1: Film: Jose Rizal, GMA Films Directed by: Marilou Diaz-Abaya
– Option 2: Film: Rizal sa Dapitan Directed by: Tikoy Aguiluz
Rizal’s Annotation of Antonio Morga’s
Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
■ Rizal’s View on Philippine History and Historiography
■ Read introduction and last chapter of Rizal’s annotation of Antonio Morga’s Sucesos de
las Islas Filipinas
■ Compare and contrast Rizal and Morga’s different views about Filipinos and Philippine
Culture using appropriate graphic organizer tools
■ SOURCE: Ocampo, Ambeth. “Rizal’s Morga and views of Philippine History” in
Philippine Studies vol.46 no. 2 (1998) Can be accessed through:
 http://www.philippine studies.net/ojs/index.php/p s/article/viewFile/662/663
Noli Me Tangere

■ Describe the context in which Rizal wrote Noli Me Tangere

■ Evaluate how Noli Me Tangere contributed to the formation of Filipino national
consciousness
■ Examine the present Philippine situation through the examples mentioned in Noli
El Filibusterismo

■ Describe the context in which Rizal wrote El Filibusterismo

■ Compare and contrast El Filibusterismo and Noli Me Tangere
■ Appraise how El Filibusterismo contributed to the national consciousness and the
Philippine Revolution
Selected Writings
■ Hymn to Labor
■ On the Indolence of the
Filipinos
■ Letter to the Women of
Malolos
■ The Philippines a Century
Hence
■ Discuss Rizal’s sociopolitical analysis of
Philippine society as reflected in the novels
and poems.
■ Describe the impact of the writings to
Philippine socio-political situation during
Rizal’s time and the present
■ Understand the different perspectives and
interpretations on the study of Rizal’s life
from other disciplines or schools of thought
EVALUATION FORM SHOULD BE SUBMITTED
AFTER EACH PRESENTATION