"December 2003" / Errata inside front cover. / Bibliography: leaves 89-96. / 2 v. (vi, 789 leaves) ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Contained in this thesis are the novel Thuyet and an exegetical essay concerning the novel Thuyet. The essay examines issues in the novel, the formation of each character and their historical reality, and plot and structure. The exegetical essay is also concerned with the role of myth, the genre of Thuyet, and the evolution of a 'special breed of heroes, the Heroic Warrior.' / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, School of Humanities, Discipline of English, 2004