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A Course Guide for Philippine Institutions 10

(The Life and Works of Jose Rizal)
Sections B1 and C1

Faculty-in-Charge:
Dwight David A. Diestro
Associate Professor of History

Department of Social Sciences A self-portrait/selfie of Rizal for

College of Arts and Sciences Ferdinand Blumentritt
University of the Philippines Los Baños in 1887
2nd Semester, AY 2019-2020

Mabuhay! Welcome to PI 10! This is a course about Dr. Jose Rizal, our national hero and
foremost exemplar of patriotism, intellectual prowess and self-cultivation. He lived more than a
hundred years ago, during the 19th century. (Naturally, your teacher has never met him!) He
belongs to the past but he is still with us through images, representations, and actual writings. The
UP Oblation was an enfleshment of the second stanza derived from his poem, "Mi Ultimo
Adios":

En campos de batalla, luchando con delirio

Otros te dan sus vidas, sin dudas, sin pesar
El sitio nada importa: cipres, laurel o lirio,
Cadalso o campo abierto, combate o cruel martirio,
Lo mismo es si lo piden la Patria y el hogar.

(Tagalog translation by Andres Bonifacio)

Sa pakikidigma at pamimiyapis
Ang alay ng iba’y ang buhay na kipkip
Walang agam-agam, maluwag sa dibdib
matamis sa puso at di ikahapis.

Saan man mautas ay di kailangan

cipres o laurel, lirio ma’y putungan
pakikipaghamok at ang bibitayan
yaon ay gayon din kung hiling ng Bayan.

His principal contribution to nation-building was through the power of the pen. His works
molded to a great extent how we construct ourselves as Filipinos today. He was the first to conceive of
a national organization encompassing the Philippine archipelago. It was called "La Liga Filipina"
(The Philippine Team). He has become a potent symbol for the nation but it must be clearly
understood that we, his readers, make him exist. His relevance and usefulness at any given time
after his death depend on how we attach meanings to his life and works. As the faculty-in-charge, I
am one of his mediators. During the semester, it is my desire that you will conclude eventually that
the PI 10 way is, "Kanya-kanyang Rizal?". There is strength in heterogeneity. It is dialogue that unites,
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not uniformity. The nation is a project and Rizal is embedded as a primary symbol. PI 10 is part of the
curricula because of Republic Act 1425 (The Rizal Law) of June 12, 1956. There is state sponsorship
in the propagation of his heroism, but my attitude is practical. Let us make the best out of the situation.
Every reading is a political act, every semester/term is different. We can always generate new
ideas and new images which are aimed to transform ourselves and our society.

The principal goal of PI 10 is to enrich our knowledge of Philippine Studies. The propagandists, like
Rizal, during the latter part of the 19th century made the Philippines the center of their attention:
in painting, literature, historical research, and above all in their political actions and behavior.
Likewise, today, we have to reinvent ourselves by making the nation an important focus of our
social organization amidst the globalizing environment of the 21st century. The faculty should
inspire the students that they can be like Rizal who participated in the social and political
processes through what University Professor Emeritus Gemino Abad referred to as the crucial
infinitives in life which are "TO READ, TO THINK, TO WRITE".

Course Description
The official course description of PI 10 is, "Significance of the life and writings of Rizal in
the life of the Filipino people". It is evident that we should locate intersections between "two lives",
that of Rizal and national history. Rizal's biography is a subset of Philippine history. Rizal has to
be situated in the grid of Philippine society and culture. Language is present in all of the possibilities.

Intentions of the
Course

Broadly stated these are the following:

1) to trace the transformation of the consciousness of Jose Rizal, from a man who called
Spain his mother country to a person resembling Simoun, the nationalist character in
El Filibusterismo. (One becomes a Filipino; one is not born automatically a Filipino.)
2) to create meanings and functions for Jose Rizal, so that he will remain relevant and
part of the strengthening of the Filipino national story and community. (We refer
to common symbols though there are diverse meanings and functions emanating
from sectors of society. The more significations the better, symbols become
more powerful.)
3) to become aware of the many possibilities of what a Filipino can do for his country.
("Knowing yourself means knowing what you can do and since nobody knows
what he can do unless he tries the only clue to what man can do is what man has done".
Robin George Collingwood)
4) to appreciate that the study of the past is in terms of learning about human experience
and to understand it as a basis for discussion, exchange, and dialogue. (What is
important is the act of communicating with one another.)

Approaches:

1) The course is only a means to an end, it is not an end in itself, the greater end is
the instilling of nationalism and heroism among the Filipino youth. PI 10 is only
an entry point.
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 2) We are Filipinos because we have the Filipino story in us and Rizal's biography is
an integral part of our collective identity.
3) PI 10 is a biography and society course. There are parallels between Rizal the
person and we as individuals. We both belong to a society which we call
Philippine society.
4) The requirements of the course are patterned to make the students Rizal-like,
writing is given importance. We have to tell our own narratives and be enriched
by sharing with others our own viewpoints. ("To exist humanly, is to name the
world". Paulo Freire)

Course Objectives

Upon completing the course, the students must be able to:

1. Define heroism in the context of Filipino experience;

2. Differentiate Rizal the person, Rizal the construct and Rizal the discourse;
3. Analyze major works of Rizal using a multidisciplinary approach;
4. Evaluate the importance of Rizal’s contribution to nation building in
strengthening solidarity and sense of community; and
5. Apply the values and ideals as embodied by Rizal in order to become socially-
aware and responsible citizens.

Course Topics and Activities (The pervading themes are as much as possible from Noli
Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo as mandated by the Rizal Law.)

Date Lecture / Topic Suggested Activities Reading

Requirements
Letter of Jose Rizal to Familiarization among the Check the internet
Father Vicente Garcia, members of the class. regarding
1891, Discussion and introductory materials
Derivations, on Jose Rizal, 19th
January 13-31, Keywords: History as century Philippines,
2020 Past, Present and and importance of
Future, Discernment history
about Difference and
Similarity, Timeline,
What is change?
The Course Guide Leveling of expectations,
Film Showing “Jose mapping of requirements, [Argueles, Cleve
Rizal: Sa Landas ng procedures, rules, Kevin Robert V.
(TBA) Paglaya. (Directed by: regulations and decorum “Duterte’s Other
Moshe Ladanga) War: The Battle for
EDSA People
Power’s
Memory.”]
Contextualizing Different Fundamental
RA1425 and other representations/images of Readings:

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 (TBA) derivations. Jose Rizal. Laurel, J. B. Jr.
Trials of the
Framework for PI 10. Rizal Bill
Define what a symbol is,
FILM SHOWING of the difference between Nolasco, Ricardo.
(TBA) “Ang Buhay ng Isang Rizal, the person and Rizal, Ang Salitang
Bayani” (Directed by the hero. “Bayani” sa
Butch Nolasco). Lipunan at
Kasaysayan
Film-Showing of
(TBA) BAYANING 3RD Sztompka, Piotr
WORLD (Directed by The Sociology of
Mike de Leon). Social Change

“Kanya-kanyang Check the website of

Rizal”. the NCCA, look for
the portion on
National Symbols.
February 3-7, The “Long Century”, Chronology Drill. Read any Philippine
2020 the Significance of the History book that has
19th Century Analyzing 19th century a discussion on the
(Biography, History photos. 19th Century
and Society) Philippines.
-Expansion of State Identifying major events of
Powers the century. Legarda, Benito J.,
-Liberalization of Jr., After the
Colonial Trade Under Galleons
Spain
-Reforms in Education
-Burgos and the
Invention of the Nation
-Rizal’s
contemporaries and the
Propaganda Movement
February 10-28, The Rizal Persona and Writing of Rizal’s CV. Read letters and
2020 the Ways of Knowing diaries of Rizal,
an Individual’s Life Group Presentation on check relevant
Within a Society. Biography. websites. (e.g.
National Historical
The Transformation of Evolution of Commission of the
Rizal’s Consciousness: Consciousness: Rizal and Philippines)
from Tagalog to Me.
Filipino, from Noli to Use world map, read
Fili. Map Making: Locating on technological
Rizal’s Travels in the changes of the
Philippines and Overseas. century.

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 Submission of Jose Rizal’s Start reading Noli
Autobiography. (Chapters 15, 16, 17,
19,20, 21, 34, 42, 46,
Listing of Facts of the 49, 50, 51, 55, 62)
Case: People of Calamba vs and Fili (Chapters 4,
Dominican Order. 7, 19, 30, 33,
34,35,36,37,38,39).

Hau, Caroline S. “Did

Padre Damaso Rape
Pia Alba?”, in
Interpreting Rizal,
2018.

Quibuyen, Floro.
“Towards a Radical
Rizal”, in A Nation
Aborted: Rizal,
American Hegemony
and Philippine
Nationalism, 2008.
The Radicalization of Comparison between Constitution of La
Nationhood: El Dapitan and Calamba as Liga Filipina, Rizal’s
Filibusterismo, La Liga places of resistance. letters to family and
Filipina, Dapitan and fellow propagandists,
the Revolution of The Choice of Islands. Rizal as the honorary
1896. President of the
Biography exercise Katipunan (please
(Thematic Outline). refer to Agoncillo,
Teodoro. The Revolt
of the Masses, 1956).

Jose, F. Sionil “Rizal

as Novelist: An
Appreciation”, 1996.

Majul, Cesar Adib.

“On the Concept of
National
Community”, 1961.

March 4, 2020 FIRST LONG

EXAMINATION
March 6-13, 2020 Approaching Texts. -Basics of Literary Check the internet for
Criticism the various meanings
Noli and Fili in the -Deconstruction and New of intertextuality from
limelight. Historicism academic sources like

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 -Cultural Criticism university-based
-Post-colonial websites.
-Orientalism
-Issues on translating Rizal
March 16-20, The Politics of Quotations from Noli and Food Festival/
2020 (Re)reading. Fili. Costume Party
reflective of Noli and
FILM-SHOWING: Critiquing of Rizal’s Fili
GINTONG PAMANA political platform.
(36 MINUTES Define and apply
ONLY) by Che-che Profiling of Ibarra, Elias, intertextuality in PI
Lazaro. Simoun and Father 10
Florentino.
The Philippines as “Austronesian
Center of Biodiversity Sisa and Cabesang Tales as Comparative
and Natural ultimate heroes. Dictionary” by R.
Wealth/Foregrounding Blust and S. Trussel
the country’s Intertextuality Exercise: the
Centrality. Use of Primary Sources
produced by Rizal.
Rizal as a Proponent of
Philippine Studies. Read, Rizal’s “Mariang
Makiling” and letter to the
Women of Malolos.
March 23-April Review of Selected Group Presentation on the Aguilar, Filomeno Jr.
17, 2020 Writings in Connection Novels: Focused on “Tracing Origins:
with Social/Historical Filipino Ways and Ilustrado Nationalism
Change, Human Identities. and the Racial
Rights, Ethics, Gender, Science of Migration
Civil Society, Analyses of “The Waves”, Journal of
Religious Freedom, Philippines A Century Asian Studies, 2005.
etc. Hence” and “The Indolence
of the Filipinos”. Alatas, Syed Farid.
Macrotopics: sentiment “On Eurocentrism
through the and Laziness: The
environment, thought of Jose
nationalism and Rizal”, Global Asia,
nostalgia, society as a 2011.
body, revolution,
agrarian reform, the Read primary sources
North Borneo Project, produced by Rizal
Filipino and Southeast that correspond with
Asian identity, gender the topics, check the
and development, etc. internet.

April 20-24, 2020 Relevance of Rizal Listing of Rizal’s ideas and Quibuyen, Floro.
According to Selected accomplishments on “Rizal and the

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 Authors and Writers Science and Technology. Revolution”, in A
Nation Aborted:
The Study of Rizal as a Submission of the essay on Rizal, American
National Symbol. the future. Hegemony and
Philippine
Tabular presentation of Nationalism, 2008.
different perspectives of
authors. Ileto, Reynaldo. The
Underside of
Group Presentation Philippine
History in
Filipinos and their
Revolution:
Event, Discourse
and
Historiography,
1999.

April 27-May 6, The Three Types of Analyses of Rizalista Cañete, Ruben.

2020 History According to groups in the Philippines. Sacrificial Bodies:
Friedrich Nietzsche The Oblation and
(Monumental, Rizal in the world, in the Political
Antiquarian, Critical). Filipino diaspora Aesthetics of
Masculine
The Three Types of Rizal as a Construct Representations on
Rizal. -Rizal as a National Hero Philippine Visual
-Rizal as a Messiah Cultures, 2012
-Rizal as a Landmark (Various parts of the
-Rizal as a Writer book)
-Rizal as a Scientist and
Artist Constantino, Renato
Veneration
Without
Understanding, 1970.
May 8-13, 2020 Integration/Synthesis Open forum (facilitated by Almario, Virgilio.
Period elected representatives of Ang Una at
the class) on Rizal’s Ikawalang Paalam in
The Meaning of contribution to nation- Panitikan ng
Sacrifice building, recitation Rebolusyon(g 1896),
(graded) 1997.
“Mi Ultimo Adios”
Presentation Recommendations for Coates, Austin.
Philippine currency. The “Ultimo Adios”
as Rizal’s
Autobiography in
Selected Rizal Day
Lectures, 2002.

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 Andres Bonifacio’s
Translation of
Mi Ultimo Adios
and other related
literature
Final Exam Week SECOND LONG
EXAMINATION
Preparation/Expectation on the part of the Student
This course is open to all students as both a GE subject in the Social Sciences and
Philosophy Domain and legislated course. There is an assumption that those who are enrolled in the
course possess the necessary exposure to the importance of language and writing. Rizal was a writer;
therefore, the student should know how to write and loves reading essays, novels, etc. PI 10 is a
reading class. Knowledge of 19th century Philippines and contemporary Philippine society is
going to be helpful. Social awareness is inherent in a UP student and is given premium in the course.
We should see continuities between past and present. A good command of written English or Filipino
is expected from the student. A cultural approach is to be explored. As mentioned previously,
the course takes the student to the various aspects of Philippine Studies. Therefore, a working
knowledge of Philippine history and Philippine cultural achievements is necessary.

Course Materials

Handouts will be distributed from time to time. There are certain materials available only at
the UPLB Main Library. You have to enjoy going to the library. On your own, please secure any
copy of a biography of Jose Rizal (the book of Guerrero, Coates, or Zaide is
recommended).
Check the internet, there are sites which contain his major writings and commentaries about
him. All power point presentations conducted by the teacher will be made available to the class when
feasible. Note taking is encouraged.

Course Requirements Points

First Exam 150
Second Exam 150
Vision for the Future (TPACH) 100
Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo (avp presentations, 200

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 performances, quizzes, and recitations)
Group Activities/Presentations/Reportings/Film Showings 150
Reaction Papers/Minute Papers/Synthesis Papers 150
Autobiography (reading,thinking and/or writing as themes) 100
TOTAL 1000

Grading Scale  
910-1000 1.0
810-909 1.5
710-809 2.0
610-709 2.5
510-609 3.0
509 and below 5.0

Sources of additional points

• Attendance to fora or symposia announced by the faculty-in-charge, submission of one page
paper (within three days after the event)
• Others, the students can discuss proposals with the faculty-in-charge

House Rules

On attendance and classroom decorum:

• Every absence means a possible deduction of points ranging from minus five to minus
twenty, excessive unexcused absences is penalized by a failing grade
• No make-ups are given, the student gets zero in every requirement he/she fails to take due
to absence or late submission
• Passing of notes to classmates is prohibited, talking or whispering to classmates is not
allowed when it bothers the focus of the teacher
• Students are reminded to maintain appropriate behavior at all times inside the lecture hall,
be discreet when using your mobile phones, confiscation can happen
• All excuse slips must be given to the teacher for signature, a photocopy must be submitted

On make-up exams (this part is subject to change, do not rely on this)

• teachers hate making special exams, these exams are inherently unfair to students taking
the regular exam since these are taken under different conditions
• however, under certain circumstances, a special exam may be given subject to certain
conditions such as:
1. informing the faculty-in-charge the reason of one's absence not later than 48 hours
after missing the exam
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 2. Submission of certain documentary requirements such as medical certificate,
hospital bill, etc.

On papers, essays, and other requirements that are to be submitted:

• Adhere to rules pertaining to intellectual property rights, plagiarism has no place in
the university, what is not yours in a paper should be within quotation marks
or properly identified, citation is a must, format of citation is to be decided
by the student
• Absolutely, you cannot exceed the number of pages specified, if the maximum is three
pages, then it must be three pages only
• A back-up copy should be kept by the student, you must specify on the first page of the
paper what kind of requirement you are submitting, for example, Reaction Paper 1 as the
case may be.
• All papers are double-spaced, font 12, times new roman, use short bond paper, margin is
1-inch on the top, bottom and on both sides more or less, texts must be justified
• A paper is not a paper without a specific title that you made yourself, there must be
headings within the paper, innovate what titles or headings which truly capture the
intensity of what you have written
• Use English or Filipino, language switching is not allowed, in other words, taglish is a
no-no
• The number of pages is counted in terms of the last leaf as having entries in the bottom
part of the page, there must be pagination(bottom right side), number 1 appears on
page 1
• Absolutely, no folders, simply staple your work

On groupings:
• There is a quadrant, and a leader and an assistant leader are appointed
 The faculty-in-charge will devise a procedure
• From time to time an appropriate arrangement can be made
Lecture Activities/Practical Work/Assignments

1. An open forum is provided every end of a session. You are encouraged to pose
questions or state your comments. Activities will be done in the class.
2. Selected group requirements/assignments may be presented or reported by the students
for the benefit of the entire class.
3. Students are expected to read materials that are assigned, there can be sessions that are
devoted for reading the texts.
4. Check the internet classroom from time to time. A Facebook account will be made
(account name: 02JPR1920C1B1). Type the exact words with proper capitalization and
spaces. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO JOIN!!!
5. Film showings/equivalent activities will be made within the semester. The paper is
due within three days after the screening. Submit them in my pigeonhole.
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Contact Information

I am Dwight David A. Diestro, an Associate Professor of History and a member of the

faculty since 1986. I obtained my academic degrees (BA in History and Master in Philippine
Studies) from the University of the Philippines Diliman. My research interests are local history,
biographies and heritage studies. I have co-edited a book on the life of General Paciano Rizal, the
brother of Dr. Jose Rizal. My first job was teaching PI 100 at UP Diliman as a Lecturer (part-time
faculty) at the College of Arts and Letters. In 1987, I transferred to UPLB and became an Instructor
(1987-1992) and Assistant Professor (1992-2010). I am pursuing PhD Philippine Studies at De La
Salle University-Manila starting in May 2019.

Consultation hours:
Dwight David A. Diestro
Monday (3:00pm -5:00pm )
Wednesday & Friday (8:00am -8:30am, 11:30am -12:00nn and 1:00pm -4:00pm)
Cubicle 35, Department of Social Sciences, 2nd floor, CAS Annex 1 Building
Email Address: dadiestro1@up.edu.ph

Closing Statements

"The great man of the age is the one who can put into words the will of his age, tell his
age what its will is, and accomplish it. What he does is the heart and essence of his age; he
actualizes his age."
G.W.F. Hegel

"In a country without a tradition of hierarchy, Rizal became the necessary center, the
"Ancestor" in the sense of the source of "kapangyarihan" animating leaders in the anti-colonial
struggles. "

"In almost every report of "disturbances" during the first decade of American rule, there
is mention of Rizal as reincarnated in "fanatical" leaders, as the object of communication... of
worship ... the "spirit" behind the unrest."
R.C. Ileto

"If I could only be a professor in my country, I would stimulate these Philippine studies
which are like nosce te ipsum (know thyself) that gives the true concept of one's self and drives
nations to do great things."
Rizal to Blumentritt, 13 April 1887

"Do not forget that if knowledge is the heritage of mankind, it is only the courageous
who inherit it."
Noli Me Tangere, chapter
8
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References:

Basic

Coates, Austin
1968 Rizal - Filipino Nationalist and Patriot
Guerrero, Leon Ma.
1963 The First Filipino
Quibuyen, Floro C.
2008 A Nation Aborted - Rizal, American Hegemony, and Philippine
Nationalism
Rizal, Jose
1962 Rizal's Prose
1964 Political and Historical Writings
1996 Noli Me Tangere (trans. by SL Locsin)
1997 El Filibusterismo (trans. by SL Locsin)
Zaide, Gregorio and Sonia Zaide

Secondary
Anderson, Benedict
1983 Imagined Communities
Agoncillo, Teodoro
1956 The Revolt of the Masses
1990 History of the Filipino People
Arcilla, Jose
1991 Rizal and the Emergence of the Philippine Nation
Cañete, Reuben
2012 Sacrificial Bodies: The Oblation and the Aesthetics of Masculine
Representations in Philippine Visual Culture
Constantino, Renato
1975 The Philippines: A Past Revisited
Jose, F. Sionil
1996 Rizal the Novelist: An Appreciation
Fast, Jonathan and Jim Richardson
1979 Roots of Dependency
Hessel, Eugene
1983 The Religious Thought of Jose Rizal
Hau, Caroline
2000 Necessary Fictions: Philippine Literature and the Nation, 1946-1980
Ileto, Reynaldo
1979 Pasyon and Revolution

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 McCoy, Alfred (ed.)
2000 Lives at the Margins: Biography of Filipinos Obscure, Ordinary, and
Heroic
Melendrez - Cruz, Patricia and Apolonio Chua (eds.)
1991 Himalay: Kalipunan ng mga Pag-aaral kay Jose Rizal
Salazar, Zeus.
1997 Si Andres Bonifacio at ang Kabayanihang Pilipino

Assignment: Add at least five titles that are available

at the UPLB Main Library.

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