《日月河》是陕西青年先锋作家宁可的第一部长篇小说,对比修辞手法的使用,使文本具有了较高的审美价值。小说中运用地理是的对比,拓展了小说的空间;运用主要人物之间的对比,凸显了人性的善恶;运用同一人物不同时期的对比,展现了人物的命运等。“对比”修辞提升了小说的创作境界和高度,显现出作家非凡的艺术创造和表现力。 “Sun Moon River” is the first novel in Shaanxi youth pioneer writer rather than the use of rhetorical devices, so that the text has a higher aesthetic value. The use of geographic contrast in the novel expands the space of the novel; the contrast between the main characters highlights the good and evil of human nature; and the contrast of the same character in different periods shows the fate of the characters. “Contrast ” rhetoric enhances the writing realm and height of the novel, showing the writer’s extraordinary artistic creation and expressiveness.