Heinz ludwig arnold arthur schnitzler biography

Arthur Schnitzler is one of Austria&#;s literary heavyweights. He received extensive training in medicine and was especially interested in psychology, an interest that influenced his writing a great deal.

A contemporary of Sigmund Freud, Schnitzler was impressed by the idea of a repressed unconscious.

Heinz ludwig arnold arthur schnitzler biography

His prose "Leutnant Gustl" (Ensign Gustl) wass written in stream of consciousness technique and was published in , well before James Joyce wrote his &#;Ulysses&#;.

His plays &#;Reigen&#; and &#;Liebelei&#; are possibly his best known works and scandalized the Vienna of the &#;s with a honest depiction of the lax moral manners behind a conservative surface.

The characteres are types rather than individuals. In &#;Reigen&#; they do not have names but are called after their function husband, wive, young man, sweet girl and so on. In all scenes two figures are clearly stating their amorous intenti