Hercule Poirot has died, and his death was witnessed by the nearly five million viewers ofCurtain： Poirot＇s last case, the concluding episode of the long lasting ITV television series Agatha Christie＇s Poirot. Poir...Hercule Poirot has died, and his death was witnessed by the nearly five million viewers ofCurtain： Poirot＇s last case, the concluding episode of the long lasting ITV television series Agatha Christie＇s Poirot. Poirot was played for one final time by David Suchet, who, in the course of the series, has managed to appropriate the character to an extent that no previous actor has achieved. This article suggests that Suchet has indeed made of Poirot a ＂fictional celebrity＂, and analyses Curtain on the one hand by looking at its critical reception, and on the other by considering the hour-long documentary Being Poirot, in which David Suchet discusses his personal journey as the character.展开更多
What are the articulative semiotic characteristics of the Instagram interface, and how do they contribute to the construction of documentary, conversational photographic discourses with social purposes？ This is a sem...What are the articulative semiotic characteristics of the Instagram interface, and how do they contribute to the construction of documentary, conversational photographic discourses with social purposes？ This is a semiotic analysis of the Instagram interface as an interactive and conversational platform in creating new photographic documentary strategies for social purposes, to which we have applied the model of textual conversation as outlined by Bettetini （1984） and the concept of multidimensional interactivity proposed by Sally McMillan （2006）. We shall analyse the work of Pachi Tamer （@cachafaz） in Instagram,and in particular the ＂Jim-Oktoberfest＂ case, the One-Dollar-Dreams site and the same author＇s ＂Sebasti^in＂ case from a semiotic perspective.展开更多
文摘Hercule Poirot has died, and his death was witnessed by the nearly five million viewers ofCurtain： Poirot＇s last case, the concluding episode of the long lasting ITV television series Agatha Christie＇s Poirot. Poirot was played for one final time by David Suchet, who, in the course of the series, has managed to appropriate the character to an extent that no previous actor has achieved. This article suggests that Suchet has indeed made of Poirot a ＂fictional celebrity＂, and analyses Curtain on the one hand by looking at its critical reception, and on the other by considering the hour-long documentary Being Poirot, in which David Suchet discusses his personal journey as the character.
文摘What are the articulative semiotic characteristics of the Instagram interface, and how do they contribute to the construction of documentary, conversational photographic discourses with social purposes？ This is a semiotic analysis of the Instagram interface as an interactive and conversational platform in creating new photographic documentary strategies for social purposes, to which we have applied the model of textual conversation as outlined by Bettetini （1984） and the concept of multidimensional interactivity proposed by Sally McMillan （2006）. We shall analyse the work of Pachi Tamer （@cachafaz） in Instagram,and in particular the ＂Jim-Oktoberfest＂ case, the One-Dollar-Dreams site and the same author＇s ＂Sebasti^in＂ case from a semiotic perspective.
