Kenji Nakagami(1946-1992)was the first Japanese writer born after World War Ⅱ to win the Akutagawa Prize.His early works actively engaged in a dialogue with the literary creations of Kenzaburo Oe,using this as a method to grasp the evolving reality in post-war Japanese society.In particular,his short story"The Nineteen-Year-Old's Map"(1973)employs an animalized writing strategy to reinterpret themes such as the"Confinement"and criticism of the Mikado system,echoing Oe's"An odd job"and"Seventeen".Through this approach,Nakagami exposes the silenced existence of marginalized groups,akin to animals,concealed behind the facade of a prosperous society,reflecting the trend of Japanese society towards dehistoricization,depoliticization,and even animalization in the early 1970s.The story also dissected the mechanisms of discourse about animals with discriminatory undertones in the social discourse space,making"The Nineteen-Year-Old's Map"a representative work showcasing the distinctive features of Nakagami's early realistic writing.
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