> And yet, strangely enough, many people read and enjoy sagas.
Very strangely. I'm still hoping to understand why.
> Jane, you have every right to say that you don't enjoy or understand
> sagas or feel engaged by the characters, but to make this blanket
> statement...?
You want me to put "IMO" before and after every paragraph? Every sentence? Every word? I can if you like, but I doubt if there'll be any benefit.
> Besides, the very style as much as anything else opens a window not
> just into the aesthetics of a certain time and culture but also into
> what they regarded as important.
Yes - things that they haven't written down! That's half the problem. The names do things for reasons and motives that aren't stated and aren't obvious.
>Think of the sagas as adventures in cultural
> anthropology, if that helps you give them another try!
I could - as I say, as source documents for study, fine. But I'm being told they're good as fiction. And just about everything that makes fiction interesting to read is being skipped.
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