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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 greatly popularized the term in American culture. The term '''distant prequel''' refers to a long interval between the prequel and its original. Another popular cinematic prequel is '' The Godfather, Part II ''. This film is both sequel and prequel, since it intercuts the further story of the Corleone family under the leadership of Michael Corleone with the story of Vito Corleone in his youth. 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 . 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 following one. 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. The term prequel is often 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, '''' (2002). LIST OF PREQUELS Literature Movies Television Gaming Cross-media SEE ALSO NOTES |