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    The document summarizes the 8 most important literary works by Jose Rizal. These include "To the Filipino Youth" which won first prize in a writing contest and encouraged education. "Goodbye to Leonor" details Rizal's heartbreak over his love Leonora marrying another. "To the Young Women of Malolos" advises women on education and dignity. "Kundiman" expresses love for his motherland. "Junto Al Pasig" is a play about oppression. "Noli Me Tangere" exposes the ills of Philippine society under Spanish rule. "El Filibusterismo" depicts further abuse 13 years later and sparked the revolution.

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    The document summarizes the 8 most important literary works by Jose Rizal. These include "To the Filipino Youth" which won first prize in a writing contest and encouraged education. "Goodbye to Leonor" details Rizal's heartbreak over his love Leonora marrying another. "To the Young Women of Malolos" advises women on education and dignity. "Kundiman" expresses love for his motherland. "Junto Al Pasig" is a play about oppression. "Noli Me Tangere" exposes the ills of Philippine society under Spanish rule. "El Filibusterismo" depicts further abuse 13 years later and sparked the revolution.

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    The 8 Most Important Literary

    Works by Jose Rizal


    To the Filipino Youth

    Written while he was studying at UST.

    Originally written in Spanish “A la juventud filipina”.

    Submitted to a contest organized for Filipinos by the Manila Lyceum of Art and
    Literature where he won first prize and was rewarded with a feather-shaped
    silver pen and a diploma.

    Poems message convince readers, especially the youth, as the hope of the
    nation and stresses the importance of education in one’s future.

    Goodbye to Leonor

    Gives an insight into the romantic relationship of Rizal and Leonora Rivera
    containing heartbreaking feelings he felt due to Leonora marrying Henry
    Kipping.

    To the Young Women of Malolos

    Addressed to the Filipino women inspired by the women of Malolos who won
    the battle they fought.

    Advises women to educate themselves, protect their dignity and honor, and live
    with good manners - setting up as a role model.

    Kundiman

    Traditionally refers to a love song.

    Derived from the word “Kung Hindi Man” that suggests people to put their faith
    in a Higher Being who decides whether or not something is mean for them.

    Used to profess his intense love for his motherland reflecting that it would
    someday be free from treachery and injustice.

    Junto Al Pasig

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    “Beside Pasig River” staged on December 8,1880.

    A one-act play in the Spanish language for the velada (a gala variety program
    during the principal feast days).

    Centers around Leonido (a young Filipino who has a strong faith in the Virgin)
    and the Diwata/Satan symbolizing the Spanish oppression towards Filipino.

    Highlights Christianity, good vs. evil, and paganism.

    Wrote it in honor of the Our Lady of Peace and Voyage of the UST

    Noli Me Tangere

    “Touch Me Not” (The Social Cancer)

    A revolutionary book that exposes the ills of Philippine society during the
    Spanish colonial era opening the eyes of the Filipinos to the truth that they were
    being manhandled by the friars.

    Spaniards prohibited the Filipinos from reading the novel because of the
    unlawful acts depicted in the novel.

    El Filibusterismo

    The Reign of the Greed

    Takes place 13 years after Noli Me Tangere

    Dedicated to the GOMBURZA (Filipino priests named Mariano Gomez, Jose


    Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora who were executed on charges of subversion).

    Portrays abuse, corruption, and discrimination of the Spaniards towards


    Filipinos.

    Was Banned in the country at the time.

    Sparked the Philippine Revolution

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