University of the Philippines Visayas

College of Arts and the Sciences

Division of Social Sciences
Miagao, Iloilo 5023
Course Number: P.I. 100
Course Description: Life and Works of Jose Rizal
Instructor: Mr. Ruchie Mark D. Pototanon
Objectives: at the end of this course the students will:
1. be knowledgeable of the important events in history that relates to the life of Jose Rizal
2. be familiar with his works and the various perspectives on them.
3. be able to imbibe the values and the learnings that can be gleaned from his life and works such as nationalism, social
responsibility and intellectual rigor.
Course Requirements and Grading System:
Long Examinations (2)
Final Activity
Topic presentation(s) (Group)
Assignment and quizzes
Class Participation and Attendance
Total

30%
30%
20%
10%
10%
100%

Passing grade: 60%

have the following equivalent final grade:

96-100............................... 1.0
91-95................................. 1.25
86-90................................. 1.5
81-85................................. 1.75
77-80................................. 2.0
73-76................................. 2.25
69-72................................. 2.5
65-68................................. 2.75
60-64................................. 3.0

Your final weighted average score will

Course Outline:
(Time, content topics, materials/resources,)
Time

Content Topics
A. Background
1. Rizal Law- Why study Rizal?
2. Rizal the Reformist- The American
Sponsored Hero
3. The Obscured Revolutionary- the
Hidden Rizal
B. Beginnings of a Historical Person
1. Formation, Childhood and
Education
2.First Sojourn in Europe

C. the First Masterpiece: Noli Me

Tangere
1. Characters and Setting
2. Perspectives and Dilemmas

D. Turning Points- the Calamba

Incident

Life, Lineage and labors of Jose Rizal, Philippine Patriot. Austin Craig.
Chapter 1
Veneration without Understanding. Renato Constantino
Towards a Radical Rizal. Floro Quibuyen in The Philippine Studies
Life, Lineage and labors of Jose Rizal , Philippine Patriot. Austin Craig.
Chapters 4-6
The Pride of the Malay Race. Rafael Palma chapters 1-9
The First Filipino. Leon Maria Guerrero Chapters Chapters 1-8
Rizal Philippine Nationalist and Martyr. Austin Coates pp.1-105
Jose Rizal, Life Works and Writings of a Genius, Writer, Scientist and
National Hero. Gregorio Zaide. Chapter 1-7
Rizal and the Ateneo, John Schumacher. In Philippine Studies vol. 26, no.
3
Tidbits and the boy named Pepe. Ferdinan Gregorio
Noli Me Tangere, trans. By Charles Derbyshire or Soledad Locsin
Understanding the Noli: Its Historical Context and Literary Influences.
Jose Arcilla
The Refracted Echoes: Nationalism and Realism in Rizals Noli Me
Tangere. In Originality as Vengeance in Philippine Literature. Lucila
Hosillos
Forms of Consciousness in Noli Me Tangere . In Philippine Studies, vol.
51, no. 4, pp. 505-529
Maria Clara and the Three Men in her Life: An Interpretation of Rizals
Noli Me Tangere. Quintin Terrenal. Philippine Quarterly of Culture and
Science.
Past Revisitied. Renato Constantino. Chapter VI
Jose Rizal, Life Works and Writings of a Genius, Writer, Scientist and

1. The History of the Dominican

Estate
2. The Battle for Justice
3. Anguish and Despair: Deportations
and the Aftermath
E. Return to Europe
1. Rizal and Philippine Studies
2. Ilustrados and La Solidaridad

F. The Second Novel: El

Filibusterismo
1. Transformations and Continuities
2. Reassessment of Values

G. Return to the Philippines

1. Deportation to Dapitan
2. The Outbreak of the Revolution
3. Death and Martyrdom

H. Rizal in Modern Times

1. .Rizal and Popular Movements
2. Merit of a National Hero?- Final
Assessment
3. Rizal in our Lives

National Hero. Gregorio Zaide. Chapter 10

The Pride of the Malay Race. Rafael Palma. Chapters 12-13
The First Filipino. Leon Maria Guerrero. Chapters X-XI
Rizal :Philippine Nationalist and Martyr. Austin Coates part III
The Friars in the Philippines . James A. LeRoy .: Political Science
Quarterly,Vol. 18, No. 4 (Dec., 1903), pp. 657-680
The Philippines in the 19th Century, Eliodoro Robles
The First Filipino. Leon Maria Guerrero. Chapter XII-XIV
The Pride of the Malay Race. Rafael Palma. Chapters 14-18
Rizal Philippine Nationalist and Martyr. Austin Coates. Part IV
Jose Rizal, Life Works and Writings of a Genius, Writer, Scientist and
National Hero. Gregorio Zaide. Chapter 11-18
The Propaganda Movement 1880-1895. John Schumacher
Tracing Origins : Ilustrado nationalism and the racial science of migration
waves . Filomeno Aguilar. The Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 64, no.3
605- 637
Principales, Ilustrados, intellectuals and the original concept of a
Filipino Nation. Cesar Adib Majul. Asian Studies
El Filibusterismo. Jose Rizal
The Literary Alterities of Philippine nationalism in Jose Rizals El
Filibusterismo. Adam Lifshey
El Verbo del filibusterismo: Narrative ruses in the novels of Jose Rizal .
Eugenio Matibag Revisita Hispanica Moderna. Vol. 48, no.2. pp. 250264
Foreigness and Vengeance: On Rizals El Filibusterismo. Vicente Rafael,
UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Realismo at Noli Me tangere, El Filibusterismo. Apolonio Chua,
Philippine Humanities Review. VI, pp. 126- 149
the Dapitan Interlude.In The Revolt of the Masses, Teodoro Agoncillo
Jose Rizal, Life Works and Writings of a Genius, Writer, Scientist and
National Hero. Gregorio Zaide. Chapter 21-24
Rizal Philippine Nationalist and Martyr. Austin Coates. Part V-VII
The Trial of Rizal .Miguel A. Bernad, S.J. In Philippine Studies vol. 46,
no. 1 (1998): 4672
The Pride of the Malay Race. Rafael Palma. Chapters 21-31
Rizal and the Phlippine Revolution. Teodoro Agoncillo
1. Cults Honoring Rizal. Marcelino Foronda
Ang Pagtanggap ng samahang milinarya kay Gat. Dr. Jose Rizal.
Prospero Covar. In Larangan: Seminal Essays on Philippine Culture
Kristong Kayumanggi. Rudy Astronomo
2. The Pride of the Malay Race. Rafael Palma. Chapters 32-33
Nation Aborted. Floro Quibuyen
A Critique of Rizals concept of a Filipino Nation. Cesar Adib Majul
Rizal the Realist and Bonifacio the Idealist. Claro M. Recto. In Rizal:
Contrary Essays.
3. Jos Rizal And The Moral Imperative:
Corruption In The Philippines, Then And Now
Maria Serena I. Diokno
Rizal without the Overcoat. Ambeth R. Ocampo
Filipinas dentro de Cien Anos. Jose Rizal
Anatomy of An Anti-hero. Nick Joaquin. In A Question of Heroes
Rizal in our Time: Essays in Interpretation. E. San Juan Jr.