3. Resil Mojares named Rizal as the father of the
Filipino novels.
Fray Salvador Font outlawed the reading and
possesison of Rizal’s novel.
Vicente Barrantes ridiculed Rizal as “a man of
contradictions”.
Amidst of all these, defenders of the Noli arose:
del Pilar and Blumentritt.
4. Earliest translation of the novel was in French.
German by Blumentritt ; Tagalog by Paciano but
never succeeded.
English translation by Charles Derbyshire
Testa De Ocampo – seldom do we read it in the
original Spanish
6. Sociologist Syed Fareed Alatas described Rizal as
“probably the first systematic social thinker in
Southeast Asia”.
Noli as
- a diagnosis of the ills of colonial
society;
- an underscore in the importance of
education;
- exposed some misguided Filipinos
that contributed to the ills of the society;
- emphasized the good qualities of
Filipinos
8. Calamba was owned by Spanish laymen.
In 1759, a Spanish layman, Don Manuel Jauregui,
eventually donated the land to the Jesuits.
On February 27, 1767, the Jesuits were expelled by
the decree of King Charles III.
By 1833, the Dominicans purchased the Hacienda de
Calamba for 52, 000 pesos.
Rizal’s ancestors, who were principal inquilinos,
leased the largest part of land in Calamba measuring
approximately 380 hectares.
9. Mariano Herboso, Rizal’s brother-in-law
complained about the yearly increase in rentals,
faulty irrigation systems, and failure to issue
receipts.
The tenants submitted a report on the income of
the estate and attached a petition stating the
grievances against the hacienda owners.
The tenants refused to pay the rent which enraged
the friars to evict them from the land in 1891.
The experience affected Rizal deeply which he
reflected in his second novel, El Filibusterismo.
10. Review/Recitation:
1. Who named Rizal as the father of the Filipino
novels?
2. Who outlawed the reading and possesion of Rizal’s
novel?
3. Give at least one main defender of the Noli.
4. In what language was the earliest translation of the
novel?
5. Who translated it in German? Tagalog? English?
11. 6. Whose sociologist described Rizal as “probably the
first systematic social thinker in Southeast Asia”?
7. Whose Spanish layman donated the land of
Calamba to the Jesuits in February 27, 1767?
8. Approxiamately, how much was the Hacienda
Calamba bought by the Dominican Friars?
9. Who complained about the yearly increase in
rentals, faulty irrigation systems, and failure to
issue receipts?
10.For what reason was the friars enraged and made
them evict the tenants in Calamba?
