Question

What genre best defines John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress based on this excerpt from the story?

Answer 1

The answer is Genre: Religious Allegory.

 The Pilgrim's Progress is a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan, where the protagonist's name is Christian and the story is about his journey in search of the "Celestial city", after leaving the "City of Destruction" that represented the world, passing through the the "Valey of the Shadow of Death". Everything is used to teach a spiritual or moral principle.

Answer 2

A religious allegory. It is classified as religious because it tells a tale of a recognizably Christian adventure with the end result religious epiphany and devotion.