LESSON 7: RIZAL ANNOTATION Flashcards
Rizal chose to go to London for 3 reasons
- Improve English proficiency
- Annotate Sucesos
- London was a safe place to continue his fight against the colonial Spanish authorities.
he is a Spanish Lieutenant-Governor of the Philippines (1593), educator (1578)
lawyer, oidor (1598) soldier (1600) writer
antonio de morga sanchez garay
what is the purpose of sucesos book of morga
To commemorate the achievements of the Spaniards in their discovery, conquest, and conversion of the Las Islas Filipinas.
this is the colonization and urbanization of colonies from 15th to 16th centuries.
aimed to consolidate colonial control over Philippine indigenous communities
reduccion
church bells
bajo de la campana
Compelling prominent individuals to relocate into poblaciones within hearing distance of church-bells
reduccion
why did rizal chose morga’s sucesos?
- book was rare
- morga was a layman
- thought morga to be more objective
- morga was more sympathetic to the indios
- morga was a major actor in the events he narrates
what are the two phases of historizal project ni rizal
- assessment of 300 years spanish rule
- construction of a national view of philippine history and culture
what chapter of morga described the pre-colonial filipinos during the spanish contact
chapter 8
what did morga constructed an image to pre-colonial ph?
an image of an autocratic pre-colonial society practiced slavery
morga stated that the friars do not allow or possess incomes and properties
vow of poverty
rizal set to this footnote that death, violence, oppression and destruction has always been
the first sign of European conquest in Asia Pacific.
rizal notes that long term effects of colonial rule resulted in
- economic underdevelopment
- destruction of the indigenous culture
functions of rizal annotations
- highlight the importance of certain observations
- draw contrast between flourished pre-colonial society
- highlight similarities in cultures among various regions
- show pre-colonial connection of filipinos to neighboring asia regions
- expose falsehood of white mythologies
- deconstruct spanish orientalism
Rizal’s footnote about Spain’s colonial record in the Philippines can be summarized to the following:
- Enormous benefit of Spain to the archipelago
- Slavery of Spaniards to the natives
- Death of industry and culture
Ways of Rizal’s Historical Work
- Based on European Historiography
- Defined to its nationalist agenda
- Asia-Pacific perspective
- Impact on the nationalist movement
how many months did rizal spent his research and writing for his annotation
- 4 months research and writing
- finished for 1 whole year
what year it was printed in paris
1890
why is rizal not satisfied with the 1868 english translation of lord stanley
minor censorship issues of the manuscript
Rizal’s annotations fall into two categories:
- Straightforward historical annotation
- Strong anti-clerical bias (“pious lies”)
Issues on some of Rizal historical claims about the destruction and death of the ff:
- Pre-Hispanic writing and literature
- Pre-Hispanic advanced metallurgy
- Pre-Hispanic ship-building
Blumentritt noticed two defects of Rizal’s scholarship:
- Historical use of hindsight
- Strong anti-clerical bias
Rizal tried to use history and historical revision to
express his personal point of view of Philippine history and at the same time to create a sense of national consciousness or identity
Rizal published 3 books with distinct components:
Noli Me Tangere = PRESENT
El Filibusterismo = FUTURE
Sucesos = PAST
