 First novel written by Filipino Patriot and national

hero Dr. Jose Rizal on March 21, 1887 and published in

Berlin, Germany.
 It is a Latin phrase that means “Touch Me Not”. This
phrase is mentioned in the bible in the book of St.
John the Baptist 20:17, by Jesus to Mary Magdalene
when she recognized him after his resurrection.
 In this novel, Rizal described in detail the sufferings of
his countrymen under spanish rule.
 The first half of NOLI ME TANGERE was written in
Madrid,Spain from 1884-1885. Then he continued in
Paris,France.
 The second half of NOLI ME TANGERE was written in
Berlin, Germany starting February 21, 1887 until it
finished.
 Language Notes:
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish
 Inspiration: After he read the novel “Uncle Tom’s
Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe, he had inspiration to
write his own novel with the same topic- to expose
Spanish colonial abuse in print.

 Berliner Buchdruckrei-Action-Gesselschaft

 Maximo Viola

 Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt

 Author: Dr. Jose Rizal
 Genre: Political Novel
 Written: Start on October 1887
Finished March 29, 1891
 Published: Ghent, Belguim
September 18, 1891
 Length: 38 chapters, 279 pages
 Original in: Spanish
 It took 3 years to finish the novel.

 He started writing it on 1890 in

London, England and was finished
in Brussels, Belgium on 1891.

 The publication of the novel was

funded by Valentin Ventura.
 Rizal gratefully donated the original
manuscript and and autographed to
Valentin Ventura.
 Now it was preserved in Filipina
Divison of the Bureau of Public
Libraries in Manila.
 Acquired by the Philippine
government from Valentin Ventura
for 10,000 pesos.
 It was also known as REIGN OF GREED

 Aim: enlighten the Filipinos on what is

happening in the country. They want the
people to fight for their country and have
total freedom.
 It was dedicated in memory of the
executed priests Mariano Gomez,
Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora
(GOMBURZA)
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 NOLI ME TANGERE EL FILIBUSTERISMO
 Describes Resurgence in thought long
dead • It comes from the word "filibustero"
which means a person who is against
• Published in berlin Germany the Roman Catholic. This book is a
political novel. He started writing it on
• Work of the heart 1890 in London, England and was
finished in Brussels, Belgium on 1891.
• Book of feeling This was dedicated to the "Three
Martyrs", GomBurZa (Fr. Mariano
It has; Gomez, Fr. Jose Burgos, Fr. Jacinto
Freshness Soft spoken Zamora). Dr. Rizal believed that the
Color Patient three martyrs was only a victim of
Humor Compassionate cruelty and loss of justice. They was
Lightness Idealistic blamed, with a Sgt. Lamadrid, to be
the leader of Cavite Mutiny on January
• Romantic Novel 1872 and sentenced by garote on
February that year. El Filibusterismo
• Dedicated to the Fatherland was first published in a publication
company in Ghent, Belgium. The
• It has 64 chapters publication of the book were stopped
because of financial problem. By the
help of Dr. Valentin Ventura, the
 NOLI ME TANGERE EL FILIBUSTERISMO
• Maximo Viola: Saviour of NOLI ME
TANGERE *El filibusterismo is Spanish title which is
known in english as The Reign of Greed.
• Story About love and romance of
Crisostomo Ibarra and Maria Clara * El fili is a political novel associated with
revenge and anger and is dedicated to
GOMBURZA.
• It discusses the different diseases that
the Philippines experienced during the *thoughtful, discursive and dialectal.
Spanish era like colonial mentality and
the unjust treatment of the friars to the *El Fili featured a different Ibarra who
Indios. portrayed the angry and vengeful side of
him and disguised himself as the wealthy
• Exposed the evils in the society jeweller named Simoun.

• Society is encouraged to ask and aspire *El fili is on Rizal’s revolutionist side.
for change and liberation
CRISOSTOMO ELIAS MARIA
IBARRA CLARA
 DON SANTIAGO
FATHER DE LOS SANTOS DON FILIPO
DAMASO (KAPITAN
TIAGO)
LINARES CAPTAIN
PABLO
DON TIBURCIO
DE ESPADANA DONA
KAPITAN VICTORINA
HENERAL
TARCILO AND
TENYENTE BRUNO
GUEVARRA
 SISA PADRE PADRE PILOSOPO
SIBYLA SALVI TASYO
CRISPIN

BASILIO
 The “Noli” Based on Truth.
• The Noli Me Tangere,
unlike many works of
fictional culture, was a
true story of Philippine
conditions during the
last decades of Spanish
rule. The places, the
characters, and the “The facts I narrate there, are all true and
have happened; I can prove them.”
situations really existed.
 Freedom from Spain
• Rizal aimed to redeem the country and its
people by exposing the barbarity, greed, cruelty
and ignorance of the Spanish colonizers, his
work reflected the struggles of the Tagalogs —
being the first to project such a bold account of
living in the 1800s in the Philippines.
• It portrays the different
aspects of gaining
independence, Jose Rizal
focuses on social climbers,
abusive power, family
devotion, self sacrifice, and
purity and faithfulness.
• Noli Me Tangere was the
book that gave a spark in
the Philippine Revolutions.
It talked about the
Spaniard's arrogance and
despicable use of religion to
achieve their own desires
and rise to power.