Yonina Hoffman
Yonina Hoffman

Title: Assistant Professor of English

Institution: United States Merchant Marine Academy

Discipline: Other/Interdisciplinary

Appearances: 1

Notable: Author of 'The Voices of David Foster Wallace'; research on systems concepts of feedback loops and self-regulation across literature, phenomenology, religion, and environmental studies

Biography

Yonina Hoffman is a literary scholar who applies systems theory and phenomenology to 20th and 21st century literature, with a focus on the global systems novel. Her first book, 'The Voices of David Foster Wallace,' examined narrative experience, and she is currently working on 'Ending the Endless,' which explores how contemporary systems novels conceptualize global dynamics.

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