Dubrovnik became the chief literary centre of this national tradition, with the baroque poet Ivan Gundulić playing a leading role, while Split produced Marko Marulić, whose 1501 epic 'Judita' is widely held to be its first modern work. Which Balkan national literature, written in dialects like Čakavian and Kajkavian, does this history describe?

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Croatian literature. Croatian literature stretches from medieval glagolitic liturgical texts through baroque Dubrovnik and the Illyrian revival, written over the centuries in Čakavian, Kajkavian and Štokavian dialects. Dalmatian centres like Split (home of Marulić) and Dubrovnik (home of Gundulić) shaped its canon.