Lesson 9: El Filibusterismo Flashcards
Jose Rizal’s second novel written
as the sequel of his Noli Me Tangere
El Filibusterismo
What is El Fili’s English alternative title?
The Reign of Greed
What were Rizal’s main objectives in writing his novels?
- To defend Filipino people from foreign accusations of foolishness and lack of knowledge.
- To show how the Filipino people live during Spanish colonial period and the cries and woes of his countrymen against abusive officials.
- To discuss what religion and belief can really do to everyday lives.
- To expose the cruelties, graft and corruption of the false government and honestly show the wrongdoings of Filipinos that led to further failure.
When and where did Rizal start writing El Filibusterismo?
October 1887 in Calamba (first homecoming)
El Fili was thus written against ________________
The background of threats and oppressions he and his family suffered because of Noli AND the so-called Calamba agrarian trouble
Where did Rizal make revisions to El Fili?
London, 1888
When and were did Rizal finish El Fili?
March 29, 1891 in Biarritz
Who was looking for a printing press for El Fili?
Jose Alejandrino
To where did Rizal deliver proofs and revisions to?
F. Meyer van Loo in Ghent
For Jose Alejandrino’s assistance, what did Rizal give him?
- El Fili’s corrected proofs
- The pen used in doing the corrections
Who was the first possible person to read the novel aside from Rizal?
Alejandrino
Who was given the title of “The Savior of the Fili”?
Valentin
How did Rizal initially fund the printing of El Fili?
Pawning his properties
Why was the printing of El Fili suspended?
Lack of funds
What did Rizal decide to do with regards to the length of the novel despite Ventura’s help?
He erased 47 whole
pages from the 279-page manuscript to save
expenses
When did El Fili come off the press?
Middle of September 1891
How many chapters did El Fili have after being published?
38 chapters
What did Rizal give Ventura for his salvific act?
The novel’s original manuscript. a pen, and an autographed printed copy
Who bought the El Fili manuscript from Ventura?
The PH Government in 1925
How much did the PH Government pay for the manuscript?
10,000 pesos
Where is the manuscript being kept now?
National Library
The novel’s title is derived from what simpler term?
Filibustero
What does filibustero contextually mean?
subversive, dissident, revolutionary, seditious, and treasonous.
Who did Rizal dedicate the novel to?
Gomburza
Who were the three priests in Gomburza? How old were they?
(in Rizal’s novel to, mali kasi yung ages na nilagay niya + the dates)
Don Mariano Gomez - (85 years old)
Don Jose Burgos - (30 years old)
Don Jacinto Zamora - (35 years old)
When was Gomburza executed?
(in Rizal’s novel to, mali kasi yung ages na nilagay niya + the dates)
February 28th, 1872
How old were the priests actually were upon execution?
(Yung tamang ages na)
Gomez was then 73 - (not 85)
Burgos was 35 - (not 30)
Zamora was 37 - (not 35)
When were the priests actually executed?
(Yung tamang date na)
February 17th, 1872
Who was the foreword of El Fili addressed to?
“To the Filipino People and Their Government.”
Who wrote the warning and inscription on the title page of El Fili?
Ferdinand Blumentritt
El Filibusterismo exposes _____
The real picture of Filipino society at the hands of the Spanish authorities.
What were the socio-political issues mentioned in Noli and dealt with in El Fili?
➢ Abuses and hypocrisy of the members of the Spanish Catholic clergy
➢ Superstitions disguising as religious faith
➢ The need for reform in educational system
➢ Exploitation and corruption of government officials
➢ Pretenses of some social-climbing Filipinos and Spaniards.
What makes El Fili essentially different from Noli?
It offers various means of attaining
social reform and somewhat hinted what the author believed was ideal.
According to some scholars, how should the ending be interpreted?
Rizal can be said to be
against unprepared and disorganized rebellion of
uneducated people, which could have a slim chance
of victory.
Who did Rizal once say would be a good revolutionary leader?
Elias
T or F: Rizal preferred Elias being killed instead of Ibarra.
F (baliktad)
How many years after Noli did Rizal write El Fili?
4 years
What did Rizal depict in Noli?
The cruelty and exploitation suffered by the society at the brink of natives at the hands of colonizers
What did Rizal depict in El Fili?
Rebellion as the natives’ minds have been awakened and revolutionary forces have been formed
More radical and revolutionary, the novel has less ______________
Idealism and romance
T or F: El Fili was never a matter of revenge.
T
Which of Rizal’s friends believed that Fili was superior to Noli?
Blumentritt and Jaena
T or F: Rizal never believed in the superiority of Fili.
F (he once did)
When did Rizal have a change of heart regarding Fili?
October 13, 1891 in a letter to del Pilar
IF YOU SEE THIS, BASAHIN MO SYNOPSIS NG EL FILI BOANG.
go na bye
