{"id":81,"date":"2017-12-06T15:46:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T15:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/department-of-example\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2025-11-07T00:32:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T00:32:30","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/proteusjournal\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Why Proteus?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

In Greek mythology, Proteus is an oracle of the sea; but he also represents much more than the appeal that comes with seeing through an otherwise opaque future. This is because Proteus is a shapeshifter as well as a fortune-teller, and one must first wrestle him and pin him down in order to extract his secrets. In this struggle between the mythological hero and the amorphous, ever-changing matter with which they must contend, we at \u201cProteus\u201d also find a model that reflects the position of the cultural critic and his content. Culture is elusive\u2014as a product of history, it is subject to a process of constant mutation and permutation\u2014and yet the task of the critic is to wrestle meaning from the intangible.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the fall of 2015, a group of dedicated Rutgers students joined together with the mission of providing undergraduate students with a platform upon which they may share their ideas on literature and culture; Proteus was the result of this mission. <\/span><\/p>\n

What is Comparative Literature?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

As most Comparative Literature students discover, explaining the exact parameters of this decidedly interdisciplinary and thus seemingly amorphous field can often prove to be a challenging task. In general, our understanding of comparative literature includes but is not limited to:<\/p>\n