"Saksofon to świat" - językowy obraz instrumentów w Traktacie o łuskaniu fasoli Wiesława Myśliwskiego

In the article, the author investigates the artistic text in order to check what linguistic shapes the music fragments which appear in it assume, and which elements of cultural images of musical instruments have been reinforced in the descriptions of the treatise. The analyses conducted within the cultural linguistic framework open up new dimensions of interpretation, and demonstrate that the fragments of the novel which have been devoted to instruments are not merely linguistic pictures, but important elements of text structure that have had a significant influence on its plot. It is noteworthy that the main protagonist of Traktat o łuskaniu fasoli (The Treatise on Shelling Beans) is intermediately characterised by the instruments that appear in his life. Every instrument he comes across determines his personal development, strengthens the feeling of existential sense, and sometimes unites him with his predecessors