The Subaltern Voices at the Gate of Heaven by Luis de Lion

Abstract

The writing developed by Luis de Lion is marked by experiential events that influenced his literary production. Descendant of a Guatemalan Mayan ethnic group, he suffers firsthand racial discrimination by Ladinos in Guatemala City. Thus, the objective of this article is to analyze the work, La Puerta del Cielo in a double way: first, applying a narratological analysis, based on the theories of Ducrot, Todorov, Reis, Valles and Álamo and secondly, a criticism identified in the author's work, from the theory of the coloniality of power developed by Aníbal Quijano when applying them to themes that reflect the ladino / indigenous conflict, black / white, products of modernity and racialization in power relations.