Arthur Schnitzler

The Profile

Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931) was an Austrian author and dramatist known for psychological studies of Viennese bourgeois life and for interior monologue techniques.

Schnitzler's work often explores sexuality, dreams and the psychology of the bourgeoisie. Traumnovelle inspired several film adaptations, including Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. Contemporary figures in psychoanalysis, including Sigmund Freud, regarded his psychological insight.

The available review reads Traumnovelle as a psychological study of a bourgeois marriage, interior monologue and the lure of power. It links the novella to Freud and to multiple film adaptations (notably Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut). The critic emphasizes the work's focus on monogamy and the moral ambiguities of desire.