  Aspects of the algebraic structure and representation theory of the quantum
affine superalgebras with symmetrizable Cartan matrices are studied. The
irreducible integrable highest weight representations are classified, and shown
to be deformations of their classical counterparts. It is also shown that Jimbo
type quantum affine superalgebras can be obtained by deforming universal
enveloping algebras of ordinary (i.e., non-graded) affine algebras supplemented
by certain parity operators.
