Explain in tagalog
✓ Contextualization aids comprehension.
✓ Generally, to contextualize something is to place it within its proper and larger setting in
which it presents its true and complete meaning.
✓ As Jose Rizal was born and grew up in the 19th century, to contextualize him – so as to properly
understand his life, thoughts, and works – is to understand the social and political context of
that century.
✓ 19th century was a period of massive changes in Europe, Spain, and consequently in
the Philippines.
✓ It was during this era that the power and glory of Spain, the Philippines’ colonizer, had
waned both in its colonies and in the world.
✓ 19th century Philippines as Rizal’s context are hereby divided into 3 aspects: the economic,
social, and political. Under these are major historical events or issues, which characterized
the country during that era.
1 answer
Ang ika-19 na siglo ay panahon ng malalaking pagbabago sa Europa, Espanya, at samakatuwid ay sa Pilipinas. Sa panahong ito, ang kapangyarihan at kadakilaan ng Espanya, ang nang-aagaw ng Pilipinas, ay humina sa kanyang mga kolonya at sa buong mundo. Ang ika-19 na siglo ng Pilipinas bilang konteksto ni Rizal ay nahahati sa tatlong aspekto: ang pang-ekonomiya, panlipunan, at pulitikal. Kasama rito ang mga pangunahing pangkasaysayang pangyayari o isyu, na nagpapakita ng katangian ng bansa sa panahong iyon.