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scriptor

scriptor noun: a writer, regarded as producing a work but not as providing its explanation (which is instead determined by the reader), according to the theories of Roland Barthes.

Noun

scriptor (plural scriptors)

  1. A writer, regarded as producing a work but not as providing its explanation (which is instead determined by the reader), according to the theories of Roland Barthes.
    • Although this literary exercise has been used to question the validity of Drew's book, the little biographies he offered acquire a worthy literary dimension if read using Foucault's critique to the Barthesian scriptor.2021, Vicent Cucarella Ramon, Benjamin Drew: The Refugee. Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada, page 44

Forms of scriptor

pluralscriptors

Origin of scriptor

From Latin scrīptor, to avoid the etymological link between author and authority.

Questions about scriptor

What does scriptor mean?
Scriptor means a writer, regarded as producing a work but not as providing its explanation (which is instead determined by the reader), according to the theories of Roland Barthes.
What part of speech is scriptor?
Scriptor is a noun.
What is the plural of scriptor?
The plural of scriptor is scriptors.

Words near scriptor in the dictionary

  1. scriptocentric
  2. scriptocentrism
  3. Scriptol
  4. scripton
  5. scriptons
  6. scriptor
  7. scriptoria
  8. scriptorial
  9. scriptorian
  10. scriptorians
  11. scriptorium

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