Noli Me Tangere, Continuing Relevance
Noli Me Tangere, Continuing Relevance
Noli Me Tangere, Continuing Relevance
TANGERE,
CONTINUING
RELEVANCE
NOLI ME TANGERE,
CONTINUING RELEVANCE
– WHILE THE NOLI ME TANGERE TRIGGERED SOCIAL
CONVERSATIONS IN THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY
PHILIPPINES, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE HOW THE
NOVEL CONTINUES TO RESONATE BEYOND ITS TERM.
– THE SUCCESS OF RIZAL’S NOVEL ALSO RESTS ON ITS
TIMELESSNESS IN TERMS OF PRESENT-DAY SOCIAL
ISSUES AND POLITICAL/ECONOMIC REALITIES.
NOLI ME TANGERE,
CONTINUING RELEVANCE
– IN THIS CHAPTER, NOLI’S LEGACY AND CONTINUING
RELEVANCE WILL BE EXPLAINED AS A TEXT NOT ONLY IN
THE FIELD OF LITERATURE BUT ALSO IN THE AREAS OF
HISTORY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES.
– THE CHAPTER WILL ALSO LOOK AT RIZAL AS A SOCIAL
SCIENTIST WHO ESPOUSED EARLY ARTICULATIONS OF A
SOCIAL-SCIENCETIFIC MANNER OF UNDERSTANDING
AND PRESENTING THE WAY OF LIFE, IN THIS CASE,
WITHIN A COLONIAL CONTEXT.
NOLI ME TANGERE,
CONTINUING RELEVANCE
– THE LESSON WILL START WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE
INCARNATIONS OF THE NOLI AS IT WAS PUBLISHED
RIZAL’S TIME.
– THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SECTION ON THE STUDY
OF COLONIAL SOCIETY.
NOLI ME TANGERE,
CONTINUING RELEVANCE
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: