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''Student Hidjo'' (Perfected spelling ''Student Hijo'', both meaning ''Student Green'') is a 1918 novel by Marco Kartodikromo. Originally published as a serial in ''Sinar Hindia'', it was republished in book form in 1919 by Masman & Stroink. Written while Kartodikromo was in prison, ''Student Hidjo'' tells the story of Hidjo, a Javanese student sent to the Netherlands to study but eventually falls for a Dutchwoman. An intersecting plotline, which unfolds parallel to the main story, follows Dutch administrator Willem Walter in his romantic life. Written in Malay, the novel was one of several by Javanese authors which helped popularise the word "saya" as a first-person personal pronoun. Described by Kartodikromo as an extended simile, ''Student Hidjo'' has been noted as depicting a new Indonesian youth culture which has adopted Western cultural and lingual facets. Traditional Javanese and Dutch cultural values are contrasted; from this contrast, Kartodikromo advocates a view that the two are incompatible. This includes love, which is described in the novel as something only those with a Dutch education would attempt to find; the traditional view being that marriage is to be used for social mobility. ==Background== ''Student Hidjo'' was written by Marco Kartodikromo, a journalist from Blora who began his career in Bandung and was strongly opposed to the policies of the Dutch East Indies government. For several years he worked as an editor at the Surakarta-based newspaper ''Doenia Bergerak''; the city later served as the novel's setting. He spent five months in the Netherlands, from late 1916 to early 1917; upon his return, he was arrested by the Dutch governmental authorities for "sowing hatred" and sentenced to a year in prison in Weltevreden, Batavia (now Sawah Besar, Jakarta). It was while in prison that Kartodikromo wrote ''Student Hidjo''. In the early 20th century, the introduction of Western technology and culture was leading to the fragmentation of the traditional Javanese lifestyle. Meanwhile, the Dutch Ethical Policy, which guaranteed certain rights and freedoms – such as the right to education and some press freedoms – was leading to social unrest. The tighter controls put on the press after 1906 led to ''Student Hidjo'' being published with the text "not to be quoted" ("") on the cover. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Student Hidjo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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