Scriptor
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scriptor is a noun meaning (literature) 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.
Meaning
(literature) 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.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- scriptors
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scripter, scriptwriter, scribe, scriptorian, writer, scrivano.
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