Chapter 7 Flashcards
(12 cards)
Group of reformist Filipinos including Rizal, pushing for change through writing.
Propaganda Movement
Cleric who led the banning of Noli Me Tangere; example of Spanish censorship.
Fray Salvador Font
Spanish authorities’ way of silencing Rizal and other writers critical of the regime.
Censorship
Used to scare Catholics from reading the Noli; shows manipulation by religious powers.
Capital sins
Spanish critic of Rizal; represents colonial attempts to discredit Filipino voices.
Vicente Barrantes
Translated Noli into English; helped spread Rizal’s ideas internationally.
Charles Derbyshire
1950s law requiring Noli and El Fili to be taught in schools; proof of lasting impact.
Rizal Law
Central theme in Rizal’s work; unjust use of power by colonizers.
Colonial oppression
The idea that some Filipinos were part of the problem by cooperating with the Spanish.
Complicity
Rizal’s belief that learning was the key to national freedom.
Education as liberation
Scholar who analyzed Rizal’s work and its translations; key to understanding Rizal globally.
Benedict Anderson
Rizal’s method of treating society like a patient with a “disease” (corruption, abuse, ignorance).
Social diagnosis
