Lesson 6 Magdalena Jalandoni

Lesson 6 – Magdalena Jalandoni
 In Philippine history, our heroes use the pen to communicate their ideas about freedom and national identity.
 Essay was their most prefered form of literature, since both intellectuals and revolutionaries joined propaganda movement and
journalism.
 Marcelo H. Del Pilar replaced Graciano Lopez Jaena as the propaganda leader.
 Andres Bonifacio and Emilio Jacinto attracted new member by putting out the newspaper “Kalayaan”.
 Bonifacio translated Rizal’s “Mi Último Adiós” into the Tagalog version.
 Jacinto as the “brains of Katipunan” wrote the Kartilya (code) for the organization.
 Jose Rizal’s execution in 1896 was in part spurred by his two novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
Winton Lou G. Ynion

• A young poet, fictionist, critic, and teacher from Iloilo.
• He is known for his intelligence discourses on the Filipino novel and its relation to nationalism.
• He was the youngest doctor of philosophy in UP Diliman.
Vocabulary
1. Indelible - Not able to be forgotten or removed
2. Accentuate - To emphasize something; make something more noticable
3. Sojourning - Stay somewhere temporarily
4. Archdiocese - The district for which an archbishop is responsible
5. Opulent - Displaying or having a lot of wealth
6. Surrogate - Person or thing acting as a substitute
 After the kindness he has shown to our family during this difficult time, he will always have an indelible place in all our hearts.
 He wrote reformist novels that provided an indelible momentum for the Philippine Revolution in 1898.
 Rizal’s life has been accentuated by women of different languages.
 When shopping, Kathryn always picks out blouses that accentuate her tiny waist.
 Some of the women were kept in secrecy along with Jose’s incident encounters while sojourning with other illustrados who
established relationships with the European lineage.
 In most countries a lengthened sojourn is a condition precedent to naturalization.
 From her room, Magdalena could view the quarters of the Spanish priests ruling the Archdiocese of Jaro.
 Until the ‘pallium’ is granted, the archbishop is known only as archbishop-elect, and is not empowered to exercise his ‘potestas
ordinis’ in the archdiocese nor to summon the provincial synod and exercise the jurisdiction dependent upon this.
 The lineage, wealth, opulent lifestyle, and prominence of affluent personage of Jaro largely contributed to the glory of Iloilo as
the “Queen City of the South.”
 They strode through the opulent mansion down a stairwell spilling into sunlight and swaths of green grass at the side of the
main house.
 Disinherited, she disguised herself as Celia de Asis, went to Manila, found a surrogate family, and became heiress of her
foster parents.
 When the juror fell ill, a surrogate was put in his place.
Story
– Magdaloni’s first love was Jose Rizal. She was five years old when Rizal was executed by the Spanish Firing Squad in 1896.
– Rizal’s works marked an indelible momentum for the Philippine Revolution 1898.
– His life has been accentuated by women of different languages.
 Leonor Rivera  his childhood love
 Josephine Bracken  German woman (whom he married)
 O-Sei-San  Japanese women whom he wrote an equation of her beauty and that of a blooming sakura.
– Magdalena’s father, Gregorio Jalandoni, died when she was two. Her brother Luis was only 3 years old and her mother (Francisca
Gonzaga) was only twenty-three.
– After Gregorio’s death, the Gonzagas supported the Jalandonis and sent Magdalena to Colegio de San Jose.
– 10 Magdalena wrote her first corrido, Padre Juan kag Beata Maria (Father Juan and Mother Maria).
– 13 4 more corridos and these manuscript were submitted by her mother to the La Editorial in Iloilo city.
– 16 first novel. Mga Tunoc sang Isa ca Bulac (Thorns of a Flower).
– During that time, writing was a male-dominated sphere.
– When she was 18, her mother found him a man to marry. Magdalena obediently agreed to marry him with one precondition…
– The man should write a novel within the year.
– So Magdalena remained single.
– She wrote 37 novels, 5 autobiographies, 8 narrative poems, 6 corridos, 10 plays, 213 lyric poems, 132 short stories, 9 essays, and
10 melodramas.
– She was not only a writer, but also a painter and sculptor.
– The Jalandoni house was among the balay na bato styled and was decorated the vicinity of the bell tower and the Cathedral of St.
Elizabeth of Hungary where the statue of the Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria can be found.
– The Statue of Candelaria
• discovered by a fisherman in the banks of Iloilo River
• It was extremely heavy despite of its size.
• Disappears in the early mornings and believed to be bathing her child at a artesian well at the plaza
– The feast must be celebrated in the 2nd of February to commemorate the presentation of Jesus at the temple, and the purification
of the Blessed Virgin.
– Great floods occurred when they cancelled the feast.
– The wealthy families in Jaro largely contributed to the glory of Iloilo making it the “Queen City of the South.”
– 75 years old  Magdalena wrote Juanita Cruz
- most mature novel according to scholar Lucila Hosillos
– Juanita, the binukot of the family of great wealth, disinherited because of falling inlove with Elias, a poor choirmaster. Juanita
disguised herself as Celia de Asis, went to Manila, and found a surrogate family where she became heiress of her foster parents.
Soon she reunited with Elias, only to find out that he was involved in the revolutionary movement and killed in a victorious battle.
Now, Juanita confronts Elias’s monument.
– On the 70th death aniversary of her first love, she wrote about undying love.
– She died at the age of 87, and remains the reina of Hiligaynon literature.

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