Noli Me Tangere
When it was published? 1887
Where?
Berlin, Germany
Novel Type: Satire Novel
Original written in: Spanish
What it is all about? He decided to wrote Noli Me tangere, choosing the form of Satrical novel to open the eyes of his countrymen to their true condition, and of the Spaniards to the errors and injustices committed in their
What it is all about?
It was about 2 years in writing, ½ was drafted in spain, a quarter in france and the remainder together with the final revising in Germany. A financial aid came from a friend named Maximo Viola. Rizal at first, however, hesitated but Viola insisted and ended up lending Rizal P300 for 2,000 copies; Noli was eventually printed in
El Filibusteri When: Where: smo Originally written in: 1891
Ghent, Belgium
Spanish
Dedicated to : GOMBURZA Sequel of: Noli Me Tangere
What it is all about? The main theme focused on by El Filibusterismo is the ideal means of achieving social reform. A number of chapters have long dialouges that seem like debates, pitting Rizal's fading hopes for reform against his long-held aversion to revolution. The latter still seems to win out, as the novel ends with Simoun's failure at revolution and Padre Florentino's conviction that freedom should be won without bloodshed.
-Comes from the Spanish word “Filibustero” meaning the person who worked for the emancipation of our former overseas provinces. Filibustero may be therefore be translated in general as a REBEL. Filibusterismo-Rebellion. -Began to write sometime before June 27, 1888 and finished it about the middle of June 1891 (3years period) -He finally completed the book on March 29, 1891 in Biarritz. It was published in September of that year in Ghent, Belgium, partially funded by Rizal's friend Valentin Ventura.