The work consists of two parts: theoretical and research. The theoretical part of the paper analyzes concepts related to the motivation of students to study the epic poems, as well as students' attitudes towards the use of computer mind maps in interpreting the epic poems. The goal of the research is to investigate the effects of contemporary interpretations of folk epic poems on student scores on a scale of attitudes towards computer mind maps. Sample experimental research makes 284 students Elementary school, Vlasenica, who had classes of Serbian language and literature in the traditional and the modern way. Comparing the results on a scale of attitudes towards computer mind maps it was found that there are significant differences between students of different gender and belonging to the experimental or control groups.