The Elements of Didactic Literature in John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim's Progress

Didactic literature is the instructional literature in artistic form presenting philosophical, religious, moral, and scientific knowledge and idea in various imaginative literary genres. John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim's Progress” is one of the most famous allegorical prose that instructs people both morality and religion. The aim of this research is to find and scan the elements of didactic literature according to Christen and Islam religions. This is survey research. “Pilgrim's Progress” is the most famous bestselling work of the seventeenth century. John Bunyan is a universal character because of “Pilgrim's Progress”, and it is valuable for Christians. Hence, they honour John Bunyan in Lesser festival on thirtieth of August. This novel is a didactic fiction and a good example of dream vision. Bunyan’s novel “Pilgrim's Progress” narrates a man who has a dream. In his dream, their city burns because of the God’s wrath, yet a man guides him to solve this problem. He tries to find salvation in another place; therefore, he starts a journey and during his journey, he encounters some obstacles. He learns many things from events, characters, speeches, and finally he finishes his journey by overtaking his aim. This research scans the characters’ names, allegorical places, and events.

Keywords:

Elements of didactic literature , Pilgrim progress , Allegorical prose