Dalam dunia sastra Indonesia, nama Hasnan Singodimayan tidak begitu dikenal. Dalam sejumlah esai yang ditulis Jassin, nama ini tidak pernah disebut, juga dalam buku sejarah sastra yang ditulis Ajip Rosidi dan Jakob Sumardjo. Teeuw pun tidak menyebut nama Singodimayan. Akan tetapi, dalam konteks Banyuwangi, nama Singodimayan tidak bisa dinafikan. Ia telah menghasilkan paling tidak tiga novel dan satu buku takwil. Salah satu novelnya yang terpenting adalah Kerudung Santet Gandrung. Novel ini melukiskan kehidupan penari gandrung yang sering mendapat stigma negatif dari kalangan masyarakat nonbudaya (nonbudayawan). Melalui novel ini, Singodimayan menunjukkan bahwa penari gandrung tidak seburuk yang disangkakan orang. Dalam kaitannya dengan kajian tentang budaya Banyuwangi, novel ini penting sebab di dalamnya tidak sekadar dilukiskan mengenai penari gandrung, tetapi juga persoalan lain yang bertalian dengan identitas masyarakat Banyuwangi. Hingga kini penelitian terhadap seni gandrung sudah banyak dilakukan, tetapi penelitian terhadap novel tersebut belum banyak, padahal novel ini sarat dengan masalah sosial-budaya di Banyuwangi. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengungkapkan pro-kontra terhadap penari gandrung di Banyuwangi. Dalam novel ini tersirat adanya konflik antara kalangan budayawan dan kalangan nonbudayawan. Dari konflik tersebut mengemukalah persoalan identitas masyarakat Banyuwangi. Dengan pendekatan sosiologis, persoalan tersebut akan dikaji dalam penelitian ini. Untuk menunjang analisis, dilakukan pengamatan di lapangan dan wawancara dengan Hasnan Singodimayan, tokoh santri, dan tokoh budayawan

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In Indonesian's literature, the name of Hasnan Singodimayan is not popular. Neither in Jassin's essays or in the history of literature written by Ajib Rosidi and Jakob Sumardjo, the name of Hasnan Singodimayan is also not mentioned. Teeuw also does not mention the name of Hasnan Singodimayan. Nevertheless, the name of Hasnan Singodimayan cannot be ignored in the context of Banyuwangi. In Fact, Hasnan Singodimayan has already written at least three novels and one Takwil book. One of his important novels is Kerudung Santet Gandrung. This novel tells about the gandrung dancer who was often stigmatized by nonculturalist society. For that reason, through this novel, Singodimayan wanted to show that the gandrung dancer is not as bad as what people thought. In relation with Banyuwangi culture, this novel is important because it does not simply portray the gandrung dancer but it also tells other issues related to the identity of Banyuwangi's people. Until now, the research on gandrung art has been done many times, but the research about the novel is still fewly done even though the novel has important contains the socialculture issue in Banyuwangi. This research aims to unveil the truth of gandrung dancer pros-cons in Banyuwangi. This novel implies the conflict between the culturalist society and the nonculturalist society. This conflict then raises the issue of identity problem faced by the people of Banyuwangi. This issue will be analyzed using sociological approach. An observation and an interview with Hasnan Singodimayan were done to support the analysis