Three formulaic elements of the novel are present in BunyanвЂ™s masterpiece: 1) One main character (the protagonist), whose exploits are followed throughout 2) A secondary character who assists the protagonist and 3) A journey with a beginning, middle, and end. The lengthy prose allegory was unique in its time, and it helped lead to the creation of an entirely new genre, the novel. The publication of The PilgrimвЂ™s Progress represented a pivotal event in the history of literature. The world over, The PilgrimвЂ™s Progress is one of the most widely read books in history and has been translated into over 200 languages. Critics have called it вЂњa hybrid of religious allegory, the early novel, the moral dialogue, the romance, the folk story, the picaresque novel, the epic, the dream-vision, and the fairy taleвЂќ (Lynn Veach Sadler, John Bunyan, Twayne Publishers, 1979).

The PilgrimвЂ™s Progress (full title, The PilgrimвЂ™s Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come, Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream) was written by John Bunyan (1628вЂ“1688) and since its publication has encouraged countless believers in their walk with God.ДЇrom a purely literary viewpoint, The PilgrimвЂ™s Progress is without a doubt the greatest allegory ever written.

The pilgrims progress