Enfoque humorístico en los artículos costumbristas: “La suegra de Mamerto”, “En el registro civil”, “Una boda en refranes”, “L’ enfant terrible” (niño terrible) y “La jarana plebeya” de José Antonio Campos y su vinculación con la literatura infantil y juvenil

Abstract

Humor should not be seen as a second category literature. We pretend to claim the humorousness importance and its use in literature by analyzing and studying José Antonio Campos’s work. We point out two main topics: the theoretical analysis of humor and its application to the study of five customs articles (artículos costumbristas) by Campos: “La suegra de Mamerto”, “En el Registro Civil”, “Una boda en refranes”, “L’ enfant terrible” and “La jarana plebeya”. We will search for the avalaible information in bibliographic and web sources. The second topic is a global study about Campos’s work. Specifically in the books that compile his customs articles: “Rayos Catódicos y Fuegos Fatuos”, “Cintas Alegres” and “Cosas de mi Tierra”. We will identify its principal characteristics in several fields: text structure, linguistic records, customs literary movement, sociopolitical critic, intertextuality, and a possible correlation with child and youth literature. We will make a short biographic study to locate the author in his corresponding time, space and literary tendency as well.