Society & Lit: Juan Crisostomo Soto & Andres Bonifacio

• The module covers renowned heroes/writers and their works in a class called Society and Literature
• It's Module 1, Lesson 5, for the first semester of the school year 2024-2025

Juan Crisostomo Soto

• Born in Sta. Ines, Bacolor, Pampanga on January 27, 1867.
• He was a poet, playwright, editor, and writer in the Kapampangan language
• He is known as the "Father of Kapampangan Literature"
• He was the grandson of Sixto Caballa, a versifier fond of poetic duels
• He stood out in Karagatan
• He achieved success with patriotic plays

Crisotan

• Juan Crisostomo Soto focused on sincerity in life and feelings of his time when writing
• Crisotan is a poetic contest similar to Balagtasan of the Kapampangans
• The term was coined by Amado Yuzon when he founded Agumang Crissot in 1926
• Crissotan, composed of three debaters, was called Tolentinuan in honor of Aurelio Tolentino

Andres Bonifacio

• Born in Tondo, Manila on November 30, 1863.
• Revered as the Great Commoner, Father of the Katipunan, and Father of Philippine Democracy
• He only finished alphabet studies but continued to educate himself in Spanish
• He joined La Liga Filipina, an organization founded by Jose Rizal
• In Katipunan, he used the alias Magdiwang
• He was the first to translate Jose Rizal's Mi Ultimo Adios into Tagalog

Emilio Jacinto (1875 - 1899)

• A symbol of the revolutionary youth, the Brain of the Katipunan because he became Bonifacio's right-hand man
• Dimas Ilaw was his pen name for Tagalog writings, including the accepted Kartilya ng Katipunan
• Included are Pahayag, Sa mga Kababayan, Ang Kasalanan ni Cain, Pagkatatag ng Pamahalaan sa Hukuman ng Silangan, and Samahan ng Bayan sa Pangangalakal
• He was a brilliant assistant to Andres

Emilio Jacinto Part 2

• He also headed "Kalayaan," the Katipunan publication

Jose Rizal

• Jose Rizal is the Philippines' national hero
• He was born in Calamba, Laguna on June 19, 1861
• His parents were G. Francisco Mercado and Gng. Teodora Alonzo
• Rizal continued his studies at the University of Santo Tomas and the Central University of Madrid in 1877, earning degrees in both medicine and philosophy by 1885
• Born on June 19, 1861, and shot in Luneta on December 30, 1896
• He wrote Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo in Spanish, but they were translated into other languages

Francisco Baltazar (Balagtas)

• Recognized as the "Father of Tagalog Poetry" and hailed as the Muse of Panginay
• He was born in Panginay, Bigaa, Bulacan on April 2, 1788
• His father was just a blacksmith, so he was taken in by a maternal aunt and sent to study in Manila
• While imprisoned, Francisco wrote his masterpiece, Florante at Laura
• There he met Juana Tiambeng, whom he married, and they had eleven children
• Francisco wrote his first poem in 1834