诗歌与小说同为语言艺术,却在形式特征和审美功能上有很大的不同。诗人作诗重在抒情,诗歌话语遵循的是其本身所特有的情感逻辑法则;小说家写作意在叙事,叙事话语表现为故事情节展开的方式。诗性叙事意指小说叙事的诗化倾向,它表现出了对传统叙事语法的背离。《唯物之神》正是因为其叙事的诗化特征,成为了诗性叙事的典范。 Poetry and fiction, both linguistic arts, are quite different in form and aesthetic function. The poet’s poem focuses on lyricism, and the poetic discourse follows the logic law of emotion which is peculiar to itself; novelist’s intention is narrative and narrative discourse shows the way of plot expansion. Poetic narrative refers to the poetic tendency of fiction narration, which shows the departure from the traditional narrative grammar. The “god of materialism” precisely because of the poetic characteristics of its narrative has become a model of poetic narrative.