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EXAM: Normal People and Mental Health
In this unit, you are reading the novel Normal People by Salley Rooney.
The first chapters (pp. 1–53) were read and annotated to strengthen your reading and comprehension skills. The rest of the novel was covered through a mix of homework and in-class reading, with a focus on comprehension, analysis, and interpretation. We explored key concepts such as patriarchy, language, power dynamics, mental health, the description of class and relationships. The unit also aimed to improve your reading strategies, including prediction, inference, and annotation of a longer text.
After finishing the novel, we have put the novel into the context of Mental Health. In order to gain a greater understanding "Normal People", you have read different texts related to mental health. Through different texts such as "the Bell Jar", "Girl, Interrupted" and the first episode of the TV-series Normal People, we have discussed and investigated how different genres portray the theme of mental health.
Texts read:
Sylvia Plath, the Bell Jar (excerpt of the novel) (4 NS)
Susanna Kaysen: Girl, Interrupted (memoir) - excerpt from the opening of the book, (3 NS)
Video material: the first episode of Normal People (TV mini series, 2020)
Texts are from:
Jensen, D.H. (2025). 4. Theme: Mental Health. I READING NORMAL PEOPLE. Columbus. https://readingnormalpeople.ibog.forlagetcolumbus.dk/?id=137
Terms used:
Analytical terms and concepts used and applied in the work with the novel:
- Patriarchy, mental health, power dynamics, relationships, class structures
- Text-based framework: setting, themes, characterization, language, tone, stream of consciousness, narrative technique
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