Silviano Santiago, author of Homi K. Bhabha

Abstract

Beneath   a   post-colonial   comparative   perspective,   this   essay   aims   to argue that the Brazilian intellectual Silviano Santiago can be considered the author of the Indo-British intellectual Homi K. Bhabha. This conceptual link becomes possible when we utilize  theoretical postulates proposed  by  the  argentine  writer  Jorge  Luis Borges—specifically, his theoretical short story "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote". In  the  same  vein,  the  theoretical  essay  "Silviano  Santiago,  Author  of  Derrida"  by Brazilian intellectual Eneida Maria de Souza, informed our reflection. Equally important to  illustrate  the   discussion  was   Silviano  Santiago’s  own  essay,   "Eça,  Author   of Madame Bovary". Despite these theoretical parallels and similarities, it must be noted that  the  discussion   aims  to   demonstrate  that  the  reading  undertaken  by   Silviano Santiago is situated within the framework of post-colonial theory.