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. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
Why “scriptor” is a great word
SCRIPTOR — [Noun] A writer regarded solely as the producer of a text, without being its originating authority or the source of its definitive meaning. From the Latin scrīptor ("writer, author"), adopted in modern critical theory to avoid the etymological link between 'author' and 'authority'. Unlike "author," which implies a sovereign originator who fixes meaning, or "scribe," which denotes a mechanical copyist, the scriptor is a neutral functionary in the textual field. It is the hand that writes an unsigned letter, the anonymous composer of a medieval manuscript, the typewriter clacking in an empty room—a quiet monument not to intention, but to interpretation.
Etymology
From Latin scrīptor, to avoid the etymological link between author and authority.
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.“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.”