THE PERIOD OF ENLIGHTENMENT

- Shiela Mae C. Llanes

The Propaganda Movement

The Propagandists

My Last Farewell

The Period of Enlightenment

The Propaganda Movement

was a literary and cultural organization formed in 1872 by Filipino émigrés who had settled in Europe.

The goals of the propagandists.

Jose Rizal

Graciano Lopez Jaena

Mariano Ponce

Marcelo H. del Pilar

Pedro Paterno

Jose Maria Panganiban

Antonio Luna

Pedro Serrano Laktaw

Goals: Representation of the Philippines in

the Cortes Generales, the Spanish parliament;

Secularization of the clergy; Legalization of Spanish and Filipino equality; Creation of a public school system

independent of the friars; Abolition of the polo (labor service)

and vandala (forced sale of local products to the government);

Guarantee of basic freedoms of speech and association;

Equal opportunity for Filipinos and Spanish to enter government service;

Recognition of the Philippines as a province of Spain;

Secularization of Philippine parishes;

Recognition of human rights.

Supporters of Propaganda Movement Ferdinand Blumentritt

Miguel Morayta

Francisco Pi y Margall

Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla

Ferdinand Blumentritt – Rizal’s best friend; professor in Ateneo de Leitmeritz, Austria

Miguel Morayta – Rizal’s professor in the Universidad Central de Madrid

Francisco Pi y Margall – former president of the First Spanish Republic

Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla – leader of the Republican Party of Spain

Don Juan de Atayde – Spanish writer

Jose Rizal

annotated the book, Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas

the La Liga Filipina

Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo

Pedro Paterno politician, poet, novelist, lawyer

Pen name: Justo Desiderio Magalang

Ninay (1885)

Graciano Lopez Jaena “Prince of Filipino Orators.”

the organ of the Propaganda Movement was the La Solidaridad, its initial issue was published in 1889 by Graciano in Barcelona.

It is believed that he delivered more than a thousand speeches but only nine had been collected and published.

Antonio Luna general, doctor, pharmacist, journalist

pen names: Tabing-Ilog

works: La Independencia

Jose Maria Panganiban doctor, journalist, orator

pen name: Jomapa,

J.M.P.works : Anatomia de Regines, Ang Lupang Tinubuan

Pedro Serrano Laktaw

Teacher and lexicographer from Bulacan.

Wrote the first Diccionario Tagalog-Español

Marcelo H. del Pilar Illustrado editor of Diariong Tagalog

Revolutionary leader

Macelo H. del Pilar pen names: Plaridel, Dolores Manapat, Piping Dilat, Pupdoh, Kupang, SilingLabuyo, Maitalaga, L.O. Crame, CarmeloEnlightenment

Mariano Ponce fellow reformist, physician

pen names: Naning, Kalipulako, Tikbalang

THE PROPAGANDISTS

MY LAST FAREWELL

My Last Farewell

written by Jose Rizal

Mariano Ponce titled Mi Último Pensamiento (My Last Thought)

FIN!!!!!!

LA LIGA FILIPINAThe Philippine League July 3, 1892 – established by Rizal in a

house at Ilaya St. Tondo, Manila Its constitution was written in HongkongAmbrosio Salvador – PresidentAgustin de la Rosa – FiscalBonifacio Arevalo – TreasurerDeodato Arellano - Secretary

END OF THE PROPAGANDA

Tragic failure of the Reforms

La Solidaridad closed due to lack of funds

Rizal was exiled in Dapitan

Panganiban, Jaena, and Del Pilar died in poverty