Rizal as a Symbol Flashcards
What are Jose Rizal’s Dying wish
TO be burried in the earth (Paang bundok/northcemetery) with a stone and a cross on top with his name, birth, and death indicated. he stressed that no anniversary must be conducted
What are the two rizals appeared in the course of history?
Symbolic and historic rizal
This Rizqal lived and died in 19th-century Philippines.
Historic Rizal
He is the rizal in Luneta, one peso coin, postage stamps, and an icon of rock
Symbolic Rizal
It is anything that can be read, interpreted, and analyzed.
Text
A text that represents a fixed reality and posits itself as a means of portraying that reality
Sign
It is a “closed” text which implies that the freedom to create meaning is being monopolized
Sign
It conveys meaning not only about itself but about cultural processes and relationships’ meaning, therefore that is not constant but constituted through a human agency
Symbol
It is an”open” text which implies that any interpretation may be valid
Symbol