The Editors: Hein Viljoen is Professor of Afrikaans and Dutch Literature at the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (South Africa), where he received his Ph.D. with a dissertation on a comparative study of three South African novels using a systems approach. He has published widely on Afrikaans literature and literary theory, including a volume on methodology and representation and an introduction to literary theory (with Chris N. van der Merwe). Chris N. van der Merwe is Associate Professor of Afrikaans and Dutch Literature at the University of Cape Town, and a well-known Afrikaans literary critic. He passed his doctoral examination cum laude at the University of Utrecht (Netherlands) and obtained his Ph.D. at the Rand Afrikaans University (Johannesburg, South Africa) with a dissertation on the Flemish poet and playwright Hugo Claus. He has published widely on Afrikaans literature, including Breaking Barriers ¿ Stereotypes and the Changing of Values in Afrikaans Writing, 1875-1990 (1994) and Strangely Familiar ¿ South African Narratives on Town and Countryside (2001), which he edited.