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Florante At Laura Pdf4/13/2021
Out of the 3, Florante at Laura is considered Balagtas defining work and is a cultural touchstone for the Philippines.He is widely considered one of the greatest Filipino literary laureates for his impact on Filipino literature.
The famous epic Florante at Laura is regarded as his defining work. His surname is also sometimes given as Balagtas Baltazar when instead he used one or the other but not both at the same time. Balagtas swore he would overcome Huseng Sisiw as he would not ask for anything in return as a poet. The latter won the battle for MAR when he used his wealth to get Balagtas imprisoned. It was here that he wrote Florante at Laura in fact, the events of this poem were meant to parallel his own situation. He moved to Balanga, Bataan, in 1840 where he served as the assistant to the Justice of the Peace. He married Juana Tiambeng on July 22, 1842, in a ceremony officiated by Fr. Cayetano Arellano, uncle of future Chief Justice to the Supreme Court of the PhilippinesChief Justice Arellano. They had eleven children but only four survived to adulthood. On November 21, 1849, Governor General Narciso Clavera y Zaldua issued a decree that every Filipino native must adopt a Spanish surname. In 1856, he was appointed as the Major Lieutenant, but soon after was convicted and sent to prison again in Bataan under the accusation that he ordered Alferez Lucas housemaids head to be shaved. Upon his deathbed, he asked the favor that none of his children become poets like him, who had suffered under his gift as well as under others. He even went as far as to tell them it would be better to cut their hands off than let them be writers. His birthplace, Bigaa, Bulacan, was renamed to Balagtas, Bulacan in his memory. A museum, historical marker, monument and elementary school has been placed in his birthplace at Panginay, Balagtas, Bulacan. The former Folk Arts Theater in Manila was renamed to Tanghalang Francisco Balagtas to honor Balagtas. The barangay of Udyong in Orion, Bataan was also renamed Balagtas. This is due mainly to two great fires that razed Udyong (Now Balagtas in Orion, Bataan ) and destroyed much of the poets works. The most notable of his works, Florante at Laura or Pinagdaanang Buhay ni Florante at Laura sa Kaharian ng Albanya has been published in numerous editions from its original publication in 1838. The oldest extant edition of the Florante is believed to be the 1861 edition 5 published in Manila, while a handwritten manuscript written down by Apolinario Mabini exists and is in the possession of the Philippine National Library. The poet lists down Balagtas works and recreates some of his plays based on scenes and lines memorized by the poets children. The book also has an edition of the Florante. These include two (2) laos or short celebratory scenes usually involving a patron saint and performed during fiestas.
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