CANONICAL AUTHORS AND WORKS

OF PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ARTIST IN

LITERATURE
PADRE FAURA WITNESSES THE EXECUTION OF RIZAL

by DANTON REMOTO
DANTON REMOTO
• Is a Filipino essayist, reporter, editor,
columnist and professor.
• He was a recipient of several cultural
and literary awards and recognition.
• He won ASEAN prize for essay writing
in 1979.
• He was also a three time Cultural Center
of the Philippines awardee for poetry.
PADRE FAURA WITNESSES THE EXECUTION OF RIZAL

by DANTON REMOTO
• Who is Pepe in the poem?

• What figure of speech is being

used in the poem? Explain.
• Why was Rizal executed? How is
this similar to the idea of a star?
• What would you say was Rizal’s
greatest contribution to
Philippine society?
Group Work
• Write and perform a POEM about Jose Rizal
using the lines from either Rizal or Remoto’s
poem.

• Rubric:
40 % Creativity
40 % Critical thinking
20% Group collaboration