#Noli Me Tángere

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World Literature Series: Noli Me Tángere

Friday, December 30th, is Rizal Day in the Philippines!

TITLE: Noli Me Tángere (Touch me not, translated from Latin)

AUTHOR: José Rizal (José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda)

DATE: 1887

COUNTRY, REGION, OR PEOPLE: Philippines

TYPE: novel

BACKGROUND: Noli Me Tángere was written during the end of Spanish rule in the Philippines. Spanish laws had created a nation ready for revolt on the other end of the planet. A system of mass deportations, human zoos, and educational brain drain led to a strong Filipino community in Europe, including strong Filipino nationalists and educated Ilustrados. 

Among these Ilustrados was José Rizal, now considered a national hero in the Philippines. Rizal was bright from a young age and grew up to be an accomplished writer, astute political thinker, and ophthalmologist. He finished writing Noli Me Tángere while abroad in Spain, to immediate controversy. Rizal was sentenced to death for rebellion, sedition, and conspiracy and excuted by firing squad on December 30th, 1896, largely due to his two books..

Noli Me Tángere, along with its sequel El Filibusterismo, is an important book in the birth of the Philippine nation. The Rizal Law (Republic Act No. 1425) mandates the teaching of Rizal and his books in all “public and private schools, colleges and universities”, though Catholic authorities were unhappy with this.

SYNOPSIS: Noli Me Tángere centers on Crisóstomo Ibarra, a young Filipino man returning home after studying in Europe. Seeing the difficulties of those in his community, Ibarra resolves to help by building a private school to provide a more secular, modern education.

Before the school can be completed, Ibarra is caught up in the politics and oppression of his country. He is set up as a revolutionary instigator by a sting operation and arrested.

Ibarra tries to make his escape, and those around him try to live in a town attacked on all sides by self-serving policemen, corrupt governments, and hypocritical clergy.

THEMES: Colonialism, Phillippine history, power, religion, education.

[A black and white copy of the original front cover of the book Noli Me Tángere. It has the name across the cover, diagonally, over faint patterns and the silhouette of a woman. The impression is that it was carved into stone.]

Noli Me Tángere can be read in its original Spanish here An English translation of Noli Me Tángere can be found here A Tagalog translation of Noli Me Tángere can be found here

Main post for the World Literature series

[winged-wolf-s-collection-of-arts]

Maria Clara!!

with her hair down-

[my-reality-my-rules]

Hi! Idk if you've seen it but I'm just curious, what are your thoughts on the show "Maria Clara and Ibarra" on tv if you've heard and seen it? Just asking bc I remember seeing one of your posts back then about Noli and El Fili! 😄 And the concept of the show may not be totally related to shifting but it's interesting bc you know, the main character of the show travels to the fictional world,,,, or maybe a reality where the plot is taking place. 😄

[thanks for this ask!]

initially, i was stoked about the show. it's your classic isekai plot, added with the fact that it's about an obscure fandom, and it counts as historical fiction; i had been immediately head over heels for it.

i didn't watch it immediately, however. when a show I'm interested in comes out, i try to wait until it's finished (whether it's a season or as a whole in general). AO3 trauma should be counted as a real thing; i get so frustrated whenever i see a discontinued fic and find out it's actually really good. this factored in with my hesitance to watch shows i like.

and i disagree; the plot was totally related to shifting—while it's true that you're not necessarily creating a 'new' body that disappears while shifting [looking at you, 2020 shiftok], you're still shifting to a body that exists in a certain period of time. even if it's an isekai.

😭😭😭 don't be shy just list it as an isekai-

it's been a while since this ask was sent. I'm currently answering this just as the first part of the show is ending (the last episode for Noli was airing earlier), so i might finally watch it in full.

i might(?) update on this in the other blog, though. I've yet to finish my El Noli script, and the show just gave me some hot ideas.

[ura-niia]

Narinder in a Maria Clara

History explanation:

— The Maria Clara gown, a traditional dress worn by Filipina women, takes its name from the character in Rizal’s novel. The garment is also known today as the Mestiza Dress because it combines the fashion of Spanish women, introduced during the colonial period, with the baro’t saya, the national dress of the Philippines. Maria Clara herself was also a mestiza character.

Maria Clara is one of the major characters in Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not), one of the most celebrated novels by 19th century Filipino nationalist Jośe Rizal. In the novel, Maria Clara is the only daughter of Capitán Tiago, a rich Filipino landowner during the Spanish colonial occupation of the Philippines. Her beautiful appearance is emphasized several times throughout the novel, as is her kind and pleasant personality.

While the Philippines were occupied by Spain, the Maria Clara gown was worn by mestiza and upper class women as a symbol of status. But when the United States colonized the country, the dress began to be considered less as fashion and more as “traditional” clothing. Today, Filipina women often wear the Maria Clara gown for official events or as a wedding dress.

Although the Maria Clara gown originates from the historic colonization of the Philippines by Spain, it has evolved into one of the most beloved traditional pieces of apparel among Filipina women. It can be said that this tradition grew out of the respect of the people of the Philippines toward Jośe Rizal and admiration for his famous character Maria Clara.

[voids-everywhere]

THE SMOL GUYS

Okay to all my non-Limbus viewers and followers, I have been playing Limbus Company recently and I got sucked into the rabbit hole-

(Also you do not understand how feral I go over LCB OCs, ESPECIALLY NOLI ME TÁNGERE AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO BASED OCS-)

When I saw @skrimblo’s OCs Elias and Simoun I dropped everything and drew these two communicating with two of my Limbus OCs-

I love them guys you do not understand, even if I suck at Filipino and is halfway through Canto 2-

anyways-

Ibarra and Simoun designs belongs to me (I will post there references soon-) Elias and the other Simoun designs belongs to @skrimblo

[high-school-lit-tournament]

THE LIST IS OUT!

The 64 entries that will be competing in the bracket are, as follows, in no particular order:

Of Mice and Men

The Catcher in the Rye

To Kill A Mockingbird 

A Separate Peace

Macbeth

An Inspector Calls

Huckleberry Finn 

1984

Animal Farm

The Great Gatsby

The Invisible Man

Night 

The Outsiders

The Crucible

The Poisonwood Bible

Wuthering Heights

A Streetcar Named Desire

The Kite Runner

Pride and Prejudice

Fahrenheit 451

Hamlet

The Things They Carried

L'étranger (the Stranger)

Persepolis

The Bell Jar

Death of a Salesman

The Importance of Being Ernest 

The Color Purple

Lord of the Flies

A Doll’s House

The Stepford Wives

Beloved 

Frankenstein 

Brave New World

The House of the Spirits 

The Count of Monte Christo

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 

War and Peace

Crime and Punishment 

Jane Eyre

Their Eyes Were Watching God

A Raisin in the Sun

The Sound and the Fury

Saragana

Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma

Catch-22

Kindred

Heart of Darkness

Metamorphosis 

Maus

Arcadia

Things Fall Apart

The Master and Margarita

We (Zamyatin)

I Am A Cat

The Grapes of Wrath

Madame Bovary

The Scarlet Letter

The Sun Also Rises

Never Let Me Go

Slaughterhouse 5

Noli Me Tángere

The Samurai’s Garden

Stay tuned for the bracket later this week!

[ilaw-at-panitik]

Corporal punishment, for example, which from time immemorial has been the distinctive feature in the schools and which has heretofore been considered as the only efficacious means of making pupils learn—so we have been accustomed to believe—soon appeared to me to be a great hindrance rather than in any way an aid to the child’s progress. [...] I comprehended that the daily sight of floggings destroyed kindness in their hearts and deadened all sense of dignity, which is such a powerful lever in the world. At the same time it caused them to lose their sense of shame, which is a difficult thing to restore. I have also observed that when one pupil is flogged, he gets comfort from the fact that the others are treated in the same way, and that he smiles with satisfaction upon hearing the wails of the others. As for the person who does the flogging, while at first he may do it with repugnance, he soon becomes hardened to it and even takes delight in his gloomy task.

José Rizal, from "Noli Me Tángere" tr Charles Derbyshire (Published by Project Gutenberg, 2007)

[itschristel]

JOSE RIZAL

Si Dr. José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda [1] (19 Hunyo 1861– 30 Disyembre 1896) ay isang Pilipinong bayani at isa sa pinakatanyag na tagapagtaguyod ng pagbabago sa Pilipinas noong panahon ng pananakop ng mga Kastila. Siya ang kinikilala bilang pinakamagaling na bayani at itinala bilang isa sa mga pambansang bayani ng Pilipinas ng Lupon ng mga Pambansang Bayani.[2]

Ipinanganak si Rizal sa isang mayamang angkan sa Calamba, Laguna at ikapito siya sa labing-isang anak ng mag-asawang Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandro at Teodora Morales Alonzo Realonda y Quintos. Nag-aral siya sa Ateneo Municipal de Manila, at nakakuha ng diploma sa Batsilyer ng Sining at nag-aral ng medisina sa Pamantasan ng Santo Tomas sa Maynila. Ipinagpatuloy niya ang kanyang pag-aaral sa Universidad Central de Madrid sa Madrid, Espanya, at nakakuha ng Lisensiya sa Medisina, na nagbigay sa kanya ng karapatan na magpraktis ng pagmemedisina. Nag-aral din siya sa Pamantasan ng Paris at Pamantasan ng Heidelberg.Isang polimata si Rizal; maliban sa medisina ay mahusay siya sa pagpinta, pagguhit, paglilok at pag-ukit. Siya ay makata, manunulat, at nobelista na ang pinakatanyag sa kanyang mga gawa ay ang nobela na Noli Me Tángere, at ang kasunod nitong El filibusterismo.[note 1][3] Poliglota din si Rizal, na nakakaunawa ng dalawampu't dalawang wika.[note 2][note 3][4][5]Itinatag ni José Rizal ang La Liga Filipina, na samahan na naging daan sa pagkabuo ng Katipunan na pinamunuan ni Andrés Bonifacio,[note 4] na isang lihim na samahan na nagpasimula ng Himagsikang Pilipino laban sa Espanya na naging saligan ng Unang Republika ng Pilipinas sa ilalim ni Emilio Aguinaldo. Isa siyang tagapagtaguyod ng pagkakaroon ng sariling pamahalaan ng Pilipinas sa mapayapang paraan, sa halip na isang marahas na pag-aalsa na susuporta lamang sa karahasan bilang huling paraan.[7] Naniniwala si Rizal na ang tanging katuwiran sa pagpapalaya sa Pilipinas at pagkakaroon nito ng sariling pamahalaan ay ang pagbabalik ng karangalan ng mga mamamayan,[note 5] at winika niya "Bakit kalayaan, kung ang mga alipin ngayon ay magiging maniniil ng hinaharap?"[8] Ang pangkahalatang napagsang-ayunan ng mga dalubhasa sa buhay ni Rizal ay ang pagbitay sa kanya ang nagtulak upang magsimula ang Himagsikang Pilipino.

[nehruid]

Yk before I was always curious as a heavily whitewashed filipino high schooler that why was works such as Ibong Adarna and Florante at Laura in this layout where it was in this stanza form while Rizal's works such as Noli me Tángere and El Filibusterismo were in a more novel form despite the both of them talking about a narrative.

Now I just realised while studying for exams tomorrow that the reason why is based on the upbringing. Sisiw and Balagtas was taught in the country, Rizal was taught with outside sources, and unlike the two I've listed earlier is that Rizal was far richer in the status he was born in which would've mostly influenced how he wrote his books.

Conclusion: Rizal was a nepo baby that became our national hero

(Rip Rizal, you would've loved ao3 and twitter)

[kainoliero]

I recently started reading Noli Me Tángere and holy moly my weak Finnish brain. I'm programmed to read a drama arc. You know, where tension builds up, reaches its peak, and then makes a descend to the finish.

Meanwhile NMT drama arc is like throwing a crayon into a tumble dryer. We start and right away there's a DEAD DAD who has been EXHUMED AND DISPOSED OF also a PRETTY GIRL FLOWERS BLOOM AROUND HER AND CHERUBS but she's ignored because DAYDREAMING OF HOW MY DAD CALLED MY NAME AS HIS FINAL WORD IN JAIL he was jailed because HE SAVED A CHILD'S LIFE ENEMIES SAW A CHANCE ...and we're not even yet at the part where the hero finds out about how the priest he earlier on greeted as a family friend was responsible of exhuming the dad, but we readers know cause it was explained to US. Like. I'm a wreck but like wrecked with crack, so I can't stop taking more. What else could even go more wrong at this point, I'm afraid I'll find out.

[cherrysodalite]

Commissions are open! Inspired by Noli Me Tángere series in Netflix ✨

Señorita dragging her katulong to escape the hacienda.

[winged-wolf-s-collection-of-arts]

Not enough chicken in his soup 😔

[gie-gie-gie-gie]

books on my shelf i’d recommend to seventeen

scoups: alice in wonderland and through the looking glass by lewis carroll jeonghan: all about love: new visions by bell hooks joshua: like water for chocolate by laura esquivel jun: the tale of the unknown island by josé saramago hoshi: wonder by r. j. palacio wonwoo: the hero with a thousand faces by joseph campbell woozi: how to do nothing by jenny odell dk: looking for alaska by john green mingyu: the statistical probability of love at first sight by jennifer e. smith the8: art as therapy by alain de botton seungkwan: pride and prejudice by jane austen vernon: a field guide to getting lost by rebecca solnit dino: noli me tángere by jose rizal

[tobiramas-cumdump]

ten characters, ten fandoms, ten tags

thanks to @lemonkage for the tag!

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Senju Tobirama from Naruto Shippuden

Aizawa Shōta from My Hero Academia

Fushiguro Toji from Jujutsu Kaisen

Eddard Stark from A Song of Ice and Fire

Kristoph Gavin from Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

Elias from Noli Me Tángere

Beyond Birthday from Death Note

Tom Marvolo Riddle from Harry Potter

Viktor from Arcane: League of Legends

Princess Azula from Avatar: the Last Airbender

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i tag: @ven3us @demonprosecutor @whatshernameis @screechinggardenballoon @nightingaleflow @mrstodoroki @kats-comfort-corner @kakashihasibs @megaslytherbitch @lucylawliet146

[marjuiced]

There is no God who will give tyrants and oppressors the right to oppress and destroy the innocent.

— José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not)

[vera-vera-vera-lynn]

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