Morlachism or Morlacchism ( it, Morlacchismo; sh, Morlakizam or ) was a movement in

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and Venetian literature that started in 1774 and lasted until the 1830s or 1840s. It consisted on the portrayal of the

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from the Dalmatian Hinterland, now part of

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) and other inhabitants of

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and their beliefs, customs, way of living and many other aspects as imagined by Italians, Ragusans, Venetians and other Europeans. Morlachism was initiated by

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'' Viaggio in Dalmazia'' ("Journey to Dalmatia") from 1774, which achieved great popularity in Western Europe. In 2014, Branislava Milić Brett, then professor at the

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, coined the term "Proto-Morlachism" (also referred to as "Pre-Morlachism") to refer to a purported earlier stage of Morlachism that lasted from the

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to 1774. According to her, particularities of Proto-Morlachism include that, unlike Morlachism, it also included interventions and viewpoints from the Morlachs themselves. One example of a Proto-Morlachist author would have been the Italian poet Franco Sacchetti.

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