Motywy muzyczne w twórczości Brunona Schulza
Noise Audioanthropology against Somatopoetics

Summary/Abstract: The author of this paper presents the uncollected to this day musical terms from Bruno Schulz’s cycles of stories “Sklepy cynamonowe” (“Cinnamon Shops”) and “Sanatorium pod Klepsydrą” (“Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass”). The collected lexis is divided into several categories and it shows that the number of musical terminology and its use proves vital in Schulz’s creating the world presented and his language.The musical motifs in the discussed stories usually voice in three situations: in depictions of city space, including architecture, in protagonist characteristics, and in descriptions the sounds of nature―audiosphere. Skrzypczyk analyses and interprets selected prose fragments, including musical motifs such as the barrel organ. Musical metaphors and musical analogies make room for expressing the inexpressible, carry down the tension between the image and the world, and complement the world presented. Ultimately, Schulz employs not only single terms, but also verbal music―verbal description of the musical work. In her study, Skrzypczyk makes use of literary potential to express what is inexpressible, namely music, through which she uncovers some truth about the author and his sensitivity.

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