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1、AComparativeStudyonTheJourneytotheWestandThePilgrim’sProgress1.IntroductionNecessarily,differentculturalcharacteristicsofnationalityderivefromvarietiesenvironment,lifestyle,tradition,faithandappreciation.However,culturesofdifferentnationalitieshavesomethingincommonforpeople’sthought,em
2、otion,andbehavior.AsMr.MengZhaoyipoints:Humandevelopmentisatrendwhichbringsaboutatransnationalortrans-regionalcultureexchanges.Charactersofcultures,suchasdevelopment,synchronism,transmission,enculturationandbackwardnessmakeitprogresses.Thedevelopmentofcultureburststherestrainsofcommuni
3、cation.Nowadays,wecannotfindnothingwhereacultureisimpactedbyothers.Throughouttheworldhistoryliterature,thesufferingprocessesofbelieversisoneofthemainthemesofreligionworks,suchasThePilgrim’sProgressandTheJourneytotheWest.AbsolutelythewritingofthePilgrim’sProgressisbasedonChristianismpar
4、ticularlyTheBible,whileTheJourneytotheWestisbasedonBuddhism,ConfucianismandTaoism.Similarhistoricalcircumstanceandreligionatmospherecoincidentallymakethetwoauthorschoosereligionsubjectandtheformofimaginationtowritewhichmakestheworksacarrierofreligionideology,salvationconceptandpeople’s
5、acknowledgmentandexplorationtotheothersideoftheworld.ThePilgrim’sProgressishonoredas“aperfectworkofallegory”bywesterner,whiletheJourneytotheWestishonoredas“amedievallegendaryofChina”.Theyarewrittenaccordingtosocialmatters.Theycriticizeonsocialevils,greatlyshowthesenseofmissionsocialres
6、ponsibility.Thetwoworksdifferfromeachotherfortheirheroesaimstothejourney,authors’attitudestowardrisingbusinessmenandwritingtechniques.Wecouldhaveabetterunderstandingofthetwoworksbyexploringtheirsimilaritiesanddifferences.2.Differencesofthetwonovels-10-2.1DifferentimageryofnamesThefirst
7、sectionofThePilgrim’sProgresstellsastoryinformofdreamwherethechristianknowstheruinofhometownfromabook.Amancalled“preacher”warnshimofleavingforheaven.Thenhestartshisjourney.ThesecondsectionofthebooktellsastoryaboutChristian’swife,whosenameisWomanChristian,takingajourneytoheavenwithher
