Meanings
nounscriptor (plural scriptors)
plural scriptors
- literatureA 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
Origin
- Latinscrīptor
- Englishscriptor
From Latin scrīptor, to avoid the etymological link between author and authority.
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