„Zur Physiologie (auch Pathologie) des Schaffens“

Hardly any literary work of Classical Modernism is as well documented in its genesis as that of the Austrian author Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931). This workshop report is the first to systematically examine the diverse textual interrelationships in the author's oeuvre. Three case studies on the dramas „Die Gefährtin“ (1898), „Große Szene“ (1915) and „Zug der Schatten“ (beleaguered fragment, 1970) as well as an extensive overview show which forms of such work-immanent relationships can be identified, how they are modified during the text genesis and which production-aesthetical implications arise. In the course of this, the interference of Schnitzler's texts emerges as a characteristic creative feature that can be observed throughout the entire oeuvre.