ACKNOWLEDEGMENTS Introduction Chapter 1 Utopia and Labor: Modernity, Industrialization, and Alienation
1.1. Links between Utopia and Labor: Modernity and the Democratization of Utopia
1.2. Utopian Socialism: The Industrial Revolution and the Evolution of Utopia
1.3 Marxism, Utopia, and Alienation Chapter 2 Adriano Olivetti: Visions of Utopia and Labor
2.1. Adriano Olivetti: the Entrepreneur and the Quest for the Future
2.2. The Establishment and Evolution of Olivetti’s Utopia: The Foundation of the Movimento di Comunita Chapter 3 Utopia and Literature: Industrial Literary Production in Italy
3.1. The Industrial Novel and Marxist Literary Theory
3.2. Italian Fiction and its Relationship with Labor
3.3 Una visita in fabbrica: Italian Industrial Literature between Neorealism and Experimental Writing
3.4 Italian Industrial Literature: A Problematic Codification Chapter 4 Testimonial Realism: Industrial Literature and Testimonial Intent
4.1. Italian Industrial Literature as a Form of Realism
4.2. The Rise of Testimonial Realism: The Olivettian Authors as Witnesses to Factory Life
4.3 Industrial Authors: Differences and Similarities
4.4 The Factory as a Utopian Place Chapter 5 The (Un)Happy Factory: Ottieri’s Donnarumma all’assalto
5.1. Ottiero Ottieri, the Author and the Narrator
5.2. Utopia and its Limits
5.3 Female Representation in Ottieri’s Donnarumma all’assalto
5.4 The Carnival: The Factory as Utopian Place
5.5 ‘La disoccupazione sempre divide’: The Limits of Utopia Chapter 6 Paolo Volponi from Utopia to Dystopia: Memoriale and Le mosche del capitale
6.1. Paolo Volponi from Utopia to Testimonial Intent
6.2. The Multifaceted Factory: Memoriale
6.3 Le mosche del capitale and Testimonial Intent
6.4 Le mosche del capitale and the Failure of Utopia CONCLUSION