Rizal The Novelist Flashcards
1
Q
What are the Novels written by Rizal?
A
El Filibusterismo
Noli me Tangere
2
Q
Who’s the biographer of Rizal that called his novels “New Gospels”, “New Bible” of Filipinos?
A
Wenceslao Retana
3
Q
Who considered Noli me Tangere as “The Greatest Literart work ever written by a Filipino… work writtwn with the hearts blood of a patriot”
A
Ferdinand Blumentritt
4
Q
What are Rizal’s objectives in writting the Novels?
A
- Expose social malady affecting his country
- Awaken and Develop national consciousness of the people
5
Q
What’s Rizal’s approach as a functional writer?
A
- Not amusement of reader through happy endings
- Awareness of the miserable pliggt of the novel’s main characters
