Examples of Novels and Synopsis in Indonesian
Previously, we have seen what an example of a novel that is briefly presented looks like. This time, we will also know an example of a novel briefly. The example of the novel is the same as the one shown in the previous article, namely the novel "Para Priyayi" (especially in the chapter "Lantip") by Umar Kayam. However, in this article, an example of the novel will be presented much shorter and also accompanied by a synopsis of the novel. Without further ado, here are examples of novels and their synopsis in language Indonesia.
Priyayi
By: Umar Kayam
(Part) Novel Content*:
My name is Lantip. Ah no. My real name is very rural–ndeso–Wage. According to wall (mother) me, the name was given because I was born on Saturday Wage. I got the name Lantip later when I started living in the house of the Sastrodarsono family, on Jalan Setenan, Wanagalih city. Before, I lived together wallI am in Wanalawas Village which is only a few kilometers from Wanagalih town. According to story, Wanalawas Village was the forerunner of Wanagalih city, especially when Mataram saw this area as a strategic area. Madiun was ordered by Mataram to develop the area into a bustling area. Then
beddol Mataram was ordered to fill the area, where the village of Wanalawas was one of the villages that was broken up to become part of Wanagalih.…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
In addition to rice fields, my ancestral family is also a family of tempe producers. My father… well, I don't remember ever knowing him. Embok always said my father went far to make money. It was only years later that when I became part of the Sastrodarsono household, I had a little idea who my father was when I was often yelled atsis teacher kakung (grandfather). Even though the person is kind and just, esis teacher kakung also loud and when angry likes to yell while misuh (swearing)….
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Synopsis*:
Starting from a family of farm laborers, Soedarsono, his parents and relatives are expected to be the “beginners” to build a dynasty of small priyayi families. Thanks to the encouragement of the assistant wedana Master Seteng, he can go to school and then become a teacher village. From here he entered the world of the bureaucratic elite as a priyayi pangreh praja. His three children, through Dutch and Japanese times, grew up as teachers, Peta officers, and wives of assistant wedanas. His family's dream came true.
Is it true? Then what exactly is "priyayi"? Class status? The world view of the bureaucratic elite middle class? just style life? Or all of them? Soedarsono's own grandchildren later lived as children era them: being the child of middle-class spoiled bureaucrats, leftist idealists involved in the Gestapu, and who knows what else. It was Lantip – the bastard son of Soedarsono's distant nephew – who appeared as the heroes. It was he who, in his own way, showed the meaning of "priyayi" and "priyayian".
This is an example of a novel and its synopsis in English Indonesia. If the reader wants to add reference about novels and prose, readers can open the following articles, namely: types of novels, example of a translated novel, example of a novel book review, example of a novel synopsis, types of old prose, new kinds of prose, and types of fiction prose. Hopefully useful and able to add insight to all readers, both about novels and the Indonesian language. Thank you and thank you.
*Adapted from the article example of short novel with a few changes.
**Adapted from the back cover of the novel "The Priyayi."