Article
RELATIONAL NATION The Appreciation of Characters in Rizal’s Noli me tángere in Two Philippine Public High Schools
Kritika Kultura
(2022)
Abstract
In implementing the Rizal Law, the Department of Education’s K-12 Curriculum Guide
emphasizes the study of characters in Rizal’s novels as a means to cultivate patriotism among
the youth. In this light, this paper presents ethnographically how students from two public
high schools in Rizal Province relate with characters in Noli me tángere. In the classroom, these
characters have developed a status akin to “real” historical beings. Concomitantly, students use
tropes that connect these characters to their own lives, relationships, and understandings of
the social world. The students’ relationships elicit moral standards for imagining the nation and
embodying their own patriotism.
Keywords
- characters,
- orality,
- public education,
- tropes,
- Rizal Law
Disciplines
Publication Date
2022
DOI
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.13185/KK2022.003903
Citation Information
Filomeno V Aguilar. "RELATIONAL NATION The Appreciation of Characters in Rizal’s Noli me tángere in Two Philippine Public High Schools" Kritika Kultura Vol. 39 (2022) p. 63 - 096 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/filomeno-aguilar/63/