Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Novels
Essays in La Solidaridad
Poems
Comics
History book
Children’s stories
Theatrical Plays
Letters to his family and friends
Rizal wrote on various topics
Politics
History
Folklore
Nature
Love
Fiction
Humanism
Rizal wrote using various languages
Noli Me Tangere
El Filibusterismo
Theme: the time for a
revolution is ripe, but
Rizal doesn’t believe that
violence is the key to
solve Philippine societal
problems.
Rizal’s Novels
3rd Novel
Unfinished , untitled.
Only Chapter 1 is finished and titled.
Makamisa is the title of Chapter 1.
Originally written in Tagalog, but
Rizal had difficulty; so he continued
writing it in Spanish.
(more details will be discussed in a
latter lesson)
Rizal’s History Book
Una Profancion
Verdades Nuevas
Crueldad
Diferencias
Inconsequencias
Llanto y Risas
Ingratitudes
Famous Articles of Rizal in La Solidaridad
Common themes:
Nostalgia of home (when he was
studying in far-away lands)
Songs while doing work in his farm in
Dapitan.
Bursts of emotions on special
occasions.
Rizal’s Top Ten Popular Poems
Himno Al Trabajo
Himno Al Talisay
Mi Retiro
El Canto Del Viajero
Mi Ultimo Adios
Rizal’s Comics
Nurseses?
No!
Rizal’s Theatrical Plays
Junto al Pasig
A musicale
A Spanish professor wrote the music for it.
Written by Rizal when he was 19 years old, when he
was a student in UST.
About Virgin Mary and Satan.
Performed by a theatre group in UST
Rizal wrote it to honor the Nuestra Senora dela Paz
y Buenviaje de Antipolo (Our Lady of Peace and
Good Voyage).
Conclusion
Rizal was a prolific and dynamic writer.
He wrote about several topics, using several types
of literary works, and in several languages.
Some of his works were written for specific
people and occasions, some were automatic
bursts of opinions and feelings, while most were
careful and deliberate expositions of his
advocacies.
Conclusion