A prequel is a work that portrays events which include the structure, conventions, and/or characters of a previously completed narrative, but occur at an earlier time. The word is a neologism, formed as a portmanteau from pre-, meaning before, and sequel, a work which takes place after a previous one (although the word sequel comes from the Latin verb sequor, there is no verb "prequor"). A neologism (from Greek neo = "new" + logos = "word" is a word that although devised relatively recently in a specific time period has been A sequel is a work in Literature, Film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work Its meaning is easily grasped and it has passed into common usage. A similar term would be protosequel, as adopted in other languages, like the Spanish "protosecuela".
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History
According to OED the word prequel first appeared in print in 1958 in an article by Anthony Boucher in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) published by the Oxford University Press (OUP is a comprehensive Dictionary of the English Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anthony Boucher (born William Anthony Parker White) ( August 21, 1911 – April 29, 1968) was an American Science fiction The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (later Fantasy & Science Fiction and usually referred to as just F&SF) is a digest-size It appears to have first come into general use in the early 1970s, in which its first known, traceable use is in the original press pack for The Godfather Part II,[1] where it is used to describe the sections of the film which take place before the events of The Godfather, which intercuts the further story of the Corleone mafia family under the leadership of Michael Corleone with the story of his father Vito Corleone in his youth. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The Godfather Part II is a 1974 Crime drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script co-written with Mario Puzo. The Godfather is a 1972 Crime drama film based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Mario Puzo and directed The Mafia (also known as Cosa Nostra) is a Sicilian Criminal Secret society which is believed to have first developed in the mid-19th century Michael Anthony Corleone is a Fictional character in Mario Puzo 's novels The Godfather and The Sicilian. Vito Andolini "The Godfather" Corleone (December 7 1891 - August 14 1955 is a Fictional character in Mario Puzo 's novel The Godfather
According to IMDb, the first prequel in film was The Nightcomers (1972)[2] based on the book by Henry James, prequeling all the previously made movies based on his novel The Turn of the Screw. The Turn of the Screw
The 1979 film Butch and Sundance: The Early Days was a prequel to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a American Western film that tells the story of bank robbers Butch Cassidy (played by Paul Newman) and
Francis Ford Coppola credited George Lucas with devising the term, which Lucas and Steven Spielberg later used to describe their joint project Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (which also occurred before the events of the first Indiana Jones film) during publicity for its release. Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award -winning American Film director, George Walton Lucas Jr (born May 14, 1944) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, producer, Screenwriter Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a 1984 period Adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. Raiders of the Lost Ark (also known as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) is a 1981 Adventure film directed by Steven
Lucas's own Star Wars prequel trilogy greatly popularized the term in American culture. Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded A trilogy is a set of three works of art usually Literature, Film, or Video games, that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or three [3]
Like sequels, prequels may or may not concern the same plot as the work from which they are derived. Often, they explain the background which led to the events in the original, but sometimes the connections are not as explicit. Sometimes, prequels play on the fact that the audience knows what will happen next, using deliberate references to create dramatic irony. Irony is a literary or Rhetorical device, in which there is an incongruity or Discordance between what one says or does and what one means or
The idea of a prequel is not new. The libretti for the four operas of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle – Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung – were written in reverse order, making each opera a prequel to the preceding one. A libretto is the text used in an extended Musical work such as an Opera, Operetta, Masque, sacred or secular Oratorio and Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic Music dramas by the German composer Das Rheingold ("The Rhine Gold" is the first of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung) by Richard Wagner Die Walküre ( The Valkyrie) is the second of the four Operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung Siegfried is the third of the four Operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung) by Richard Wagner ("Twilight of the Gods" – see Notes) is the last of the four Operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung
Another example of a prequel in C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia is The Magician's Nephew, a prequel to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe which was written first. Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963 The Magician's Nephew is a fantasy novel for children written by C The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C Though originally they were unplanned and unnumbered, many newer publications of the series order them chronologically in regards to the storyline. There is debate as to whether this was an appropriate change.
The term prequel is sometimes used to describe any work with a sequel. This is contrary to the term's original meaning, which defines a prequel as a type of sequel, not the converse of a sequel. For example, The Phantom Menace (Episode I, 1999) is a prequel to Return of the Jedi (Episode VI, 1983), but not to Attack of the Clones (Episode II, 2002). Star Wars Episode I Phantom Menace is a 1999 military sci-fi film written and directed by George Lucas. Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi is a 1983 Space opera Film directed by Richard Marquand and written by George Lucas Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones is a 2002 Film directed by George Lucas and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales
List of prequels
Literature
| Prequel | Original |
|---|---|
| The Man of Steel (1986) | Action Comics #1 (1938) |
| Batman: Year One (1987) | Detective Comics #27 (1939) |
| The Magician's Nephew (1955) | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) |
| Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) | Jane Eyre (1847) |
| The Silmarillion (1977)[4] | The Hobbit (1937) The Lord of the Rings (1954 - 1955) |
| The Dark Elf Trilogy (1990, 1991) | The Icewind Dale Trilogy (1988, 1989, 1990) |
| First King of Shannara | The Sword of Shannara (1977) |
|
Prelude to Foundation (1988) |
Foundation (1951) |
|
Prelude to Dune (1999–2001) |
Dune (1965) |
| Wicked (1995) | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) |
| New Spring (1999) | The Wheel of Time (1990–) |
| Hannibal Rising (2006) | Red Dragon (1981) The Silence of the Lambs (1988) |
| Ecotopia Emerging (1981) | Ecotopia (1975) |
| The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck (1995) | All of Carl Barks's Scrooge mcDuck universe titles |
Plays
| Prequel | Original |
|---|---|
| The Mystery of Hamlet King of Denmark (1949) | Hamlet (circa 1600) |
Films
Television
| Prequel | Original(s) |
|---|---|
| Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005) |
Star Trek: The Original Series (1966–1969) |
| First of the Summer Wine (1988–89) | Last of the Summer Wine (1973–) |
| Endless Road SSX (1982) | Space Pirate Captain Harlock (1978–1979) |
| Etheria (2005–) | Encantadia (May 2005–December 2005) |
| Caprica (2008) | Battlestar Galactica (miniseries) (2003)
Battlestar Galactica (2004–) |
| Clifford's Puppy Days (2003 - current) | Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000 - 2003) |
| Young Hercules (1998 - 1999) | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995 - 1999) |
| Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins (2008) | Meerkat Manor (2005-) |
Computer and video games
Manga and anime
| Prequel(s) | Original(s) |
|---|---|
| Fist of the Blue Sky (2001-current) | Fist of the North Star (1983-1988) |
| Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku (1990) |
Dragon Ball (1986–1989) |
| Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre (2006) |
Rozen Maiden (2004) |
| Hellsing: The Dawn (2001–current) | Hellsing (1997–current) |
Cross-media
See also
References
- ^ Amazon.co.uk: George Lucas (Virgin Film Series): Jim Smith: Books
- ^ The Nightcomers (1972)
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Red Dragon is a mystery thriller novel written by Thomas Harris featuring the brilliant Psychiatrist and Serial killer Dr The Silence of the Lambs is a horror / Crime Novel by Thomas Harris, starring his popular villain Dr Hannibal is a novel by Thomas Harris, a third part of a series involving his iconic psychopathic character Hannibal Lecter. Ecotopia Emerging (EE by Ernest Callenbach is a fictionalized history of the events leading up to the secession of Northern California Ecotopia The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston is the title of a seminal book by Ernest Callenbach, published in 1975 The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is a revisionist Comic book story by Don Rosa about Scrooge Carl Barks ( March 27, 1901 &ndash August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and Comic book creator who Scrooge McDuck universe is the fictional world where Scrooge McDuck lives Hamlet is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601 Psycho IV The Beginning is a 1990 made-for-television prequel to Alfred Hitchcock 's 1960 film Psycho which was broadcast on Psycho is a suspense / Horror film directed by auteur Alfred Hitchcock, from the Screenplay by Joseph Psycho II is the 1983 sequel to Alfred Hitchcock 's 1960 classic Psycho. 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- ^ Many would argue that the principal plot structures in The Silmarillion were devised long before The Hobbit, and that the latter was incorporated into an existing structure, meaning the work, although published later, is not a prequel in the strict sense of the word.
- ^ Exactly like the case of The Godfather Part II, Infernal Affairs III is both a prequel and sequel to the original film.
- ^ Since Alien vs. Predator is set before the Alien movie series, but chronologically after the Predator series, this movie is both a sequel and a prequel. Predator is a 1987 science fiction, action and Horror film directed by John McTiernan, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- ^ a b Exorcist: The Beginning and Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist are separate films that tell essentially the same story. Exorcist The Beginning produced by Morgan Creek Productions is a 2004 Prequel to the 1973 Film The Exorcist Dominion Prequel to the Exorcist is a 2005 horror / Thriller film directed by Paul Schrader. See their respective articles for more information.
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- (narratology) In a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor, especially the original narrative or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative work with at least one sequel.
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