ENRecently, the research of the sources of Modernist Lithuanian literature as well as the concept of Modernism itself became highly relevant. The research encourages comprehension of national literature without resorting to positivist values and methods, but turning to other means. The aim of the article is to provide a new interpretation of Modernism while analysing B.SruogaV literary critical texts. His attitude towards literary evaluation in the context of European and Russian dimensions is revealed in the article.