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Learning Outcomes

• At the end of the discussion, you should be able to:

a. Trace the travel of Rizal on his first trip to Europe

b.Describe the life of Rizal in Spain and Germany

c. Determine the factors that affect the printing of the Noli Me Tangere

Why Jose Rizal decided to

continue his medical studies

abroad?

Rizal First Trip to Europe• At that time,

the government of Spain was a constitutional monarchy

• There was a written constitution which granted human rights to the people

• Rizal’s Secret Mission

- With the approval of his brother Paciano, he went to Europe to observe keenly the life, culture, languages and customs of European nations

• The Voyage- He was bound to

Singapore (May 1882) by the Steamer Salvadora where he met the captain Donato Lecha, where they played chess

- While approaching Singapore, Rizal was fascinated with the island and named it “Talim Island with the Susong Dalaga”

- In Singapore, Rizal transferred to another ship Djemnah, a French vessel bounded to Colombo

- From Colombo, they travelled to Cape Guardafui, Africa to Naples and Merseilles of Italy, and finally to Barcelona, Spain of June 1882

• Rizal in Barcelona

- But he changed his bad impression and came to like the city with an atmosphere of freedom and liberalism

- People were open-hearted, hospitable and courageous

- Rizal enjoyed walking along Las Ramblas, the famous street in Barcelona

- Rizal wrote his first essay in Spain “Amor Patrio” (Love of Country), a nationalistic essay

- It appeared under the pen-name Laong Laan and was published in 2 texts, Spanish and Tagalog

- In response to this, Rizal wrote articles “Los Viajes” (Travels) and “Revista de Madrid” (Review of Madrid)

• Rizal Moves to Madrid

- Rizal enrolled in the Universidad Central de Madrid in 2 courses – Medicine and Philosophy and Letters

- While enrolled in Central University, he studied painting and sculpture in the Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando

- Took lessons in French, German, and English under private tutors

- And assiduously practised fencing and shooting in the Hall of Arms of Sanz y Carbonell

• Romance with Consuelo Ortiga y Perez

- He wrote a poem for her “ A La Seňorita C. O. Y P)

- Rizal joined the Circulo Hispano-Filipino (1882), a society of Spaniards and Filipinos, and wrote a poem “Mi Piden Verses” (They Ask Me For Verses)

- He first joined the Acacia Masonic Lodge but later transferred to Lodge Solidaridad

• Studies Completed in Spain

- He obtained the degree Licentiate in Medicine and Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters and qualified as full-pledged physician and a professor of Humanities

• Rizal’s Life in Berlin

- By day, he worked as an assistant in the clinic of Dr. Schweigger, a German ophthalmologist

- At night, he attended lectures in the University of Berlin

- The winter of 1886 in Berlin was his darkest because he lived in poverty and no money arrived from Calamba

- He could not pay his landlord, he had to scrimp (save), eating only one meal a day

• Noli Published in Berlin- The winter of 1886 was memorable

in the life of Rizal for 2 reasons:- 1. It was painful episode for he was

hungry, sick, and despondent (hopeless) and,

- 2. It brought him great joy after enduring so much sufferings, because his first novel Noli Me Tangere was published in March 1887

• The Writing of the Noli

- In 1884, Rizal began writing the novel in Madrid and finish about ½ of it

- When he went to Paris in 1885, he continued writing the novel

- He finished the last chapters in Berlin (1886)

• Viola, Savior of the Noli

- Viola financed the printing of Noli and loaned Rizal some cash money for living expenses

- On February 21, 1887, the Noli was finally finished and ready for printing

- He published it in 2, 000 copies for 300 pesos (March 21, 1887)

• The Title of the Novel

- The novel consists of 63 chapters and an epilogue

- It was based on a true story about the conditions of the Philippines during the last decades of Spanish rule

- The characters were drawn by Rizal from persons who actually existed during his times

• Missing Chapter of the Noli

- There was a chapter entitled “Elias and Salome” which follows Chapter 24 – “In the Woods”