Representing the Occupation in the Novel of the 1950s: Ne jugez pas

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Representing the Occupation in the Novel of the 1950s: Ne jugez pas Margaret Atack University of Leeds t has become something of a truism in critical discussion about the Occupation in France to say that 1944 saw the creation of a “Resistance myth,” carefully promoted and nurtured by de Gaulle and the French Communist Party. This mythic narrative of the French united in their resistance against the German occupiers, apart from the clearly identified traitors of Vichy and Paris, held sway, it is argued, until the late 1960s, when the convergence of several strands: the film Le chagrin et la pitié, the death of de Gaulle,

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