P.M. MacSweeney (ed., transl.)
Caithreim Conghail Clairinghnigh (London 1904)
"In shaping of the story the Irish seanchaidhe DID NOT HESITATE TO PRESS INTO HIS SERVICE THE AVAILABLE MATERIAL to hand. His primary object was to tell a story WITH OR WITHOUT PURPOSE.(...)
CRITICAL HARMONISING OF HIS MATERIAL WAS NOT TO BE THOUGHT OF." (p. 27)
"Strong individualistic style was unknown in these days." (p. 18)
"...tiersome monothony..." (p.18)
"One thing the irish seanchaidhe or file could du supremely well, and that was --tell a story." (p.29)
Т.е. каков подход: у нас у современных цивилизованых людей с литературой все в порядке, все согласовано, все стройно, все продумано-гармонично, а у них там в их дремучей древности все было вверх ногами, и вообще питекантропы, умели только историю рассказать в своей пещере, да и то без всякого повода и монотонно. Дикари.