Abstract EN:

The study of the category of the "letteratura d'azienda" is carried out from the comparative analysis o. Ottieri's tempi stretti and p. Volponi's memoriale, by following the approach of the sociology of literature. The socio-professional profile of these two "olivettiani" authors and the place which they occuped in the cultural and literary field of the fifties and of the sixties are reconstructed and confronted with a view to enlightening their project and the strategy which was adopted by each of them in order to "make a name" in literature and to understanding why, how and with what effects their works were the subject to such a classification.