Écriture is a common French word for “writing”, “handwriting”. When this French word is left untranslated in an English text, the term is probably used in one or more senses established by a contemporary French author.
In a sense, Écritures refers to writing as an intransitive activity, a concept proposed by Roland Barthes.
Related: Writing
In another sense, it means writing as a difference (différance), a position proposed by Jacques Derrida.
Related: Arche-writing
In a third sense, Écriture means writing as an activity in which sexual differences can be identified. Écriture feminine (sometimes translated as “written by a woman”) is a form of writing in which the specific and irreducible gender of a woman author or speaker forms both the form and content of her sentences.
