Atjeh-roman (English: “Aceh novel (fictional romance)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Fictional/romanticized stories about Atjeh, of which Jongejans says ‘we have enough of them’.
Translation
Aceh novel (fictional romance)
Description
Fictional/romanticized stories about Atjeh, of which Jongejans says ‘we have enough of them’. He promises not to write one, but to tell purely, simply, and truthfully.
Significance
The term Atjeh-roman is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 20.