Eksistensi Roman Sacuwil dalam Sastra Jawa Modern

This paper aims to describe the essence of roman sacuwil as a literary work, background of roman sacuwil i.e. the publisher and the author, and value and the function of roman sacuwil for the reader. To capture those problems, structural approach and the theory of sociology of literature are used in the analysis. The data of this research are eighty three works of roman sacuwil, written by ten authors that published in 2001-2005. The research shows that roman sacuwil is a teenage literature which is potentially enough to be quite popular. However, the elements of the story in roman sacuwil are not written well, that make the development indolence. Roman sacuwil has specific characteristics such as the character is teenager and the theme is about love and friendship. Therefore, roman sacuwil has its own rubric in Jaya Baya. The glorious value of friendship among teenager is a media to educate and build a good characteristic of the young generations.