Titolo Volponi e il romanzo industriale Periodico Strumenti critici Anno: 2025 - Volume: 169 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 463 - Pagina finale: 471
The critical dimension of literary works inspired by factory labour is indisputable. Confronted with industrial modernity, two possible responses emerge: either to reject it outright or to redeem it from its imperfections. As Volponi noted in reply to Ferdinando Camon, «Industry must be corrected, it must be guided through a certain kind of political planning». The challenge is to renegotiate the pact with modernity or to envision counter-modern paradigms that may shape future narrative directions.