Chris N. van der Merwe is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Cape Town, where he taught Theory of Literature and Afrikaans and Dutch Literature for almost forty years. Livi...ver maisChris N. van der Merwe is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Cape Town, where he taught Theory of Literature and Afrikaans and Dutch Literature for almost forty years. Living in a deeply divided and troubled country, much of his research focused on literary narratives and trauma, and on literature and spirituality. Apart from numerous academic works, van der Merwe has also had three books of a religious nature published in South Africa.ver menos