It's interesting to me that the literary novel would veer away from representing recognizable character types (the ambitious young man, the ingenue, whatever) at the same time that folk Internet culture seems to love categorizing people into different types--see, e.g., the "starter pack" memes, or the constant use of typology in political discourse, where tech bros, radlibs, "MAGA types," etc. are spoken of as relatively unified groups. In some forms of discourse, exemplarity seems stronger than ever.
It's interesting to me that the literary novel would veer away from representing recognizable character types (the ambitious young man, the ingenue, whatever) at the same time that folk Internet culture seems to love categorizing people into different types--see, e.g., the "starter pack" memes, or the constant use of typology in political discourse, where tech bros, radlibs, "MAGA types," etc. are spoken of as relatively unified groups. In some forms of discourse, exemplarity seems stronger than ever.