In fact, Bunyan does not have much accumulation of classic literature. In his works, he is dependent on his ardently love of God, feeling of life, and creativity of literature.
《天路历程》The Pilgrim’s Progress对寓言体Fable style这一古老文学体裁的运用，对梦境的形式的借用、生动的现实主义描写、和谐的结构安排、戏剧性的对话，以及简洁平易的语言风格，都使它不仅仅是一本宗教著作，而是一部文学经典。
In The Pilgrim’s Progress, the usage of ancient literary genre “Fable style”, the borrow of dream, the description of vivid realism, the arrangement of harmony structure, the form of dramatic dialogues, and the concise and plain language style, all make it not only a religious writing, but also a literary classics.
《天路历程》文学特色
一是运用了文学寓言，使用了比喻象征性的语言，通过一系列连续扩展的隐喻,来表达超出文字字面意思的深层含义。
The literature feature of The Pilgrim’s Progress:
Firstly , it applies the fable literature as well as the metaphor of symbolic language, and it expresses more than the deep meanings of literal words through a series of continuous extension of metaphor.
二是借助了梦境的形式。将“基督徒”的旅程置于梦境的框架中，从而引领人们从多方面探索现实，获得更多的宗教、哲学和人生涵义。
Secondly, it borrows the form of dream, places the journey of “Christians” in the framework of dream,consequently leads people to explore the reality from various aspects, and require more religion, philosophy and life of meaning.
三大量使用了对话形式。使得各个人物的语言各具特色，成功区分每个人物的性格色彩。
Thirdly, it uses a large number of dialogues, makes all the characters’languages each have its own characteristics, and successfully distinguish each one’s personality color.
四简约而清新的语言风格。他的简单、朴实的写作风格使故事中抽象的东西具有了生命，也成为班扬的最大魅力之一。
Fourthly, it is of concise and fresh language style. His simple and artless writing style makes the abstract things in the story with life, and it thus has become one of the greatest charm of Bunyan.一
启示
通过“基督徒”踏上了通往天堂的旅程，我们看到他在前往天堂的途中每一步都面临着是继续还是放弃的选择。使我们联想到在自己在人生之旅中，也时刻面临着同样的抉择，充分具有指导或教诲意义。
Enlightenment
Through the Christians’stepping on the journey to Heaven, we can see each step of his way to the Heaven is faced with the choice of going on or giving up, which makes us associate that we are also faced with the same choice in our own life journey, and is full of sufficiently guiding or edificatory significance.