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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
#history#world history#philippines#jose rizal#book#bookblr#Noli Me Tángere#don't touch me#imperialism#colonialism#religion#catholicism
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Maria Clara!!
with her hair down-
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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.
#shifting#shifting realities#reality shifting#desired reality#shift#shifting shenanigans#shifting to noli me tangere#shifting to el filibusterismo#noli me tángere#el filibusterismo#josé rizal#Esther's shifting posts
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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.
#this is really self indulgent#i just rly wanted to draw fem nari in my cultural clothing#and i got really carried away#my ass wanted this to be detailed#cotl#cult of the lamb#cotl fanart#cotl narinder#the one who waits#cult of the lamb narinder#narinder#cult of the lamb fanart#uraniia art#drew this on a phone#OH MY GOD I FORGOT HER BRAID
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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!
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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)
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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.
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Commissions are open! Inspired by Noli Me Tángere series in Netflix ✨
Señorita dragging her katulong to escape the hacienda.
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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
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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
#as you can see i have certain types#hi welcome to the blog i'm esther and i like DILFs genii and deranged individuals
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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)
#filipino#Fransisco Balagtas#jose rizal#Huseng sisiw#filipino novels#im making the most obvious take instead of studying for exams#holy shit i have exams tomorrow#fuck i have exams tomorrow#first post yay??
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Not enough chicken in his soup 😔
#noli me tángere#padre damaso#I should probably look up the other characters actual appearances but I’ll do that later#wolfys art#religion#but also like. I would be mad too. They’re probably fucking with him on purpose#also any media I touch accidentally turns into a comedy so prepare for the adventures of damaso TM
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hello! I am wondering why do u want to shift in El Filibusterismo or Noli me tangere? Just curious to know.
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HOLY FUCK HOLY SHITTING FUCK SOMEONE FINALLY NOTICED I'M SO HAPPY LMAO
i have so much to say about this oh my fucking god-
first things first, with the el noli fandom being very small, and the novels' author being very dead, i feel obliged to say that i have been desperately craving for content for the past how many years. much of this is due to the fact that the story itself is unfinished (don't even get me started on Makamisa)—but what really takes the cake is that i, along with my friends, have some thoughts on the two main novels.
[immediate apologies for this rant,, i tried to keep this short as i didn't want to get too into the topic lmao]
[TW: major spoilers for Noli Me Tángere and El Filibusterismo by José Rizal]
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(1) character disappearances
basilio was a major character in el filibusterismo not only because of his involvement in the story, but because of his past. he knew simoun's true identity, and likely had an idea what happened with elias (there's no way he wouldn't know this—especially when the scandal with crisostomo was such a big thing with the nobility, not to mention basilio being taken under captain tiago's wing after). while i wouldn't yet call him an accomplice to simoun's formation or development as a character at this point in time, when he buries his mother and elias with crisostomo, it's one of the points of interest in his story because it's how he gets involved with one of the main characters in the first place.
moving on to the sequel; he becomes a main character himself. for his story, he could've used his position as a lauded student of medicine to his advantage, especially after julí's death. I'm of the opinion that even if his reputation was ruined due to the arrests, there's no way he couldn't have pulled a favour or two. basilio was angry enough to agree to simoun's offer of revolution, and we don't see much else in the last few chapters save for him trying to stop isagani from going to the party. we don't see him at all after that.
and placido ))):< mans had a whole chapter to himself and we barely ever see him again. the one time we do later in the novel, it's a mere footnote. we don't know the specifics of what he did under simoun's command, we don't even get to witness him in action. what happened in the time between his meeting with simoun and the botched explosion? what happens with his mother after the debacle? what did padre millon do after his outburst? i have so many more questions crammed in one of my oldest google docs lmfao. overall, i really like placido's character too. i felt a kinship with him when i read his chapter—so that factored into my interest in his character.
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(2) unfinished story + literature
i understand that the author died before the last novel was finished, but after getting so invested in the series, it left me wanting as a reader. don't get me wrong—i love reading about the theories being made on both official research and on fanfictions when it comes to the stories. but with the fanbase being so small, and some documents unavailable for perusal (at least for me), it's hard to cope with the knowledge that we won't get much else.
additionally, from what I've heard, the novels are being treated as homework, and just that. just research for a subject. perhaps it's my obsession with the stories peaking through, but i stand by that. as a fan of classic literature, especially of works that aren't as globally recognised, it kinda hurts my soul lmao.
alright, listen; material like Les Misérables, Crime and Punishment, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Pride and Prejudice, and et cetera—they deserve their acclaim. I'm not downplaying any of the author's successes nor the legacies that those kinds of works have earned. but stories such as Noli Me Tángere, El Filibusterismo, Wives and Daughters, The Setting Sun, Doña Barbara, and more—i enjoy reading lesser known literature. they have fewer analyses, lower recognition, and are generally more obscure. shifting for these classics is the true immersion, the true experience, in my opinion. it's a chance at finally getting the worlds I've only imagined fully come into life.
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(3) personal reasons
a few days ago, a friend of mine remarked that we (the three of us who's in the group) might have had a chance at being called attractive had we lived during the time period the novels were written. this isn't to degrade my friends or myself in any way—just simply stating that there are always better people when it comes to things like beauty. i agreed with her. growing up, i never really fit into that category of conventional attractiveness; and while I've often been told otherwise, i know i still had to grow into my looks, and earn my place into the middle hierarchy with peers, not like the people who've had the privilege of money and breeding to comfort themselves with to actually pay to be attractive.
I'm not saying that to sound misogynistic—i genuinely don't give a shit about the peers who gave me trouble in the past—but i do want to experience that too, you know? everyone's always dreamed of a better life, and what finer way than shifting to experience that?
#forgive me for the rant#but this was building up for years#i had an obsession with these books#and while some of that faded over time#it doesn't make me any less passionate about it LMFAO#shifting#shifting realities#reality shifting#desired reality#shift#shifting shenanigans#shifting to noli me tangere#shifting to el filibusterismo#noli me tangere#el filibusterismo#josé rizal#philippine history#Esther's shifting posts
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Noli Me Tángere: An Eagle Flight
“Silence has drawn her deep breath over Manila; all its life seems gone out, save that a cock’s crow alternates with the bells of clock towers and the melancholy watch-cry of the guard. A quarter moon comes up, flooding with its pale light the universal sleep. Even Ibarra, wearied more perhaps with his sad thoughts than his long voyage, sleeps too. Only the young Franciscan, silent and motionless…
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The official high school literature tournament bracket is here!
Because I am moderately technologically inept, I printed out a bracket and filled it in; that sort of thing helps me visualize the rounds and contextualize the matchups better.
Because this is really small and fairly difficult to read, here is a comprehensive list of the matchups, as organized by side (I’m calling A, B, C, and D sides because I forgot what they’re actually called. Imagining a LP makes this imagery more entertaining).
Side A
War and Peace vs Crime and Punishment
Animal Farm vs Fahrenheit 451
The Catcher in the Rye vs A Separate Peace
The Bell Jar vs The Color Purple
Kindred vs The Stepford Wives
The Great Gatsby vs The Count of Monte Cristo
Arcadia vs A Raisin in the Sun
A Doll’s House vs A Streetcar Named Desire
Side B
Pride and Prejudice vs Jane Eyre
1984 vs Slaughterhouse 5
The Outsiders vs Lord of the Flies
An Inspector Calls vs The Crucible
To Kill a Mockingbird vs Huckleberry Finn
Beloved vs The Things They Carried
Things Fall Apart vs Invisible Man
Night vs The Kite Runner
Side C
Of Mice and Men vs The Grapes of Wrath
L’étranger vs The Little Prince
Brave New World vs Catch-22
Maus vs Persepolis
Ethan Frome vs Never Let Me Go
The Poisonwood Bible vs Heart of Darkness
The Master and Margarita vs We
I Am A Cat vs The Samurai’s Garden
Side D
Hamlet vs Macbeth
Frankenstein vs Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Wuthering Heights vs Metamorphosis
The Scarlet Letter vs Madame Bovary
The Sound and the Fury vs The Sun Also Rises
Death of a Salesman vs The Importance of Being Ernest
Sagarana vs The House of the Spirits
Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma vs Noli Me Tángere
The first round of the tournament will be split up over four weeks, with the matchups of each side lasting a week.
Stay posted for the rounds!
Update: round 1, side A (results), B (results), C (results), and D (results) are complete; stay tuned for round 2!
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On accessibility: we have added alt text for cover images. In future rounds, we might write image IDs, as there’ll be less of them
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