%0 Journal Article %T OCTAVIO PAZ Y EL ACCIDENTE COMO IMAGEN DEL MUNDO %A Aguayo Rodr¨ªguez %A Eduardo %J Alpha (Osorno) %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-22012011000200004 %X the article deals with the notion of accident from a wide point of view integrating philological, philosophical and historical data. the meaning of accident is analyzed according to the image of the world in the post-industrialized societies, from a set of theorical reflexions developed by octavio paz during the 60¡¯s; finally, there is a brief discussion about the possible connections between the notion of accident and the hispanic literacy production in the 20th century, specifically in the field of narrative. %K hispano-american literature %K technology %K accident %K modernity %K octavio paz. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-22012011000200004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en