Download or read book The Global Village of the Twentieth Century written by Gloria K. Fiero and published by WCB/McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 1992 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the most curious thing I ever saw in all my life! exclaimed Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, as she watched the Cheshire Cat slowly disappear leaving only the outline of a broad smile. A student encountering an ancient Greek epic, an African mask, or a Mozart opera-lacking any context for understanding these works-might be equally baffled. It may be helpful, therefore, to begin by explaining how the individual products of the humanistic tradition relate to the larger and more elusive phenomenon of human culture.