His major field of teaching and research is the contemporary novel in Latin America. He has published a book on the Cuban poet and novelist Lezama entitled: José Lezama Lima’s Joyful Vision, (La visión jubilosa de José Lezama Lima), and many articles on leading Latin American writers. “Cuban literature has suffered during the Castro regime because of state control of all the media,” Pellón said. “While Cuba, which has a brilliant literary tradition going back to the 19th century, has continued to be blessed with great poets, novelists and playwrights, in most cases they have wound up in exile or in ‘inner exile’ when not in prison.”