different between prequel vs requel

English

Etymology

Patterned after sequel using pre- (“before”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i?kw?l/

Noun

prequel (plural prequels)

1. (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.
   • 1980, Patrick Robertson, Movie Facts and Feats: A Guinness Record Book, New York: Sterling Publishing, p. 43:

     'Prequels' are sequels that relate the story that preceded the original film.

   • 2008, 26 February, Andrew Pierce, "JRR Tolkien's estate to sue Lord of the Rings filmmakers New Line Cinema over profits, in The Daily Telegraph

     They are also threatening to block the production of the long-awaited prequel, The Hobbit, which may now be cancelled.

Usage notes

Most often used, not as a direct antonym of sequel, to refer to earlier works in a series, but to refer to works that are chronologically before but are created and released after; an archetypal example is the Star Wars prequel trilogy.

Antonyms

• sequel

Coordinate terms

• midquel

Related terms

• midquel
• sequel

Translations

See also

• interquel
• threequel

Polish

Etymology

From English prequel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pr?i.kw?l/

Noun

prequel m inan

1. (narratology) prequel

Declension

Further reading

• prequel in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• prequel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

Patterned after sequel using re- (“again, anew”).

Noun

requel (plural requels)

1. A movie which revisits the subject matter of an earlier film but is not a remake or a linear continuation of its plot (i.e. a sequel or prequel).
   • 2011, "Ghost Rider 2 is 'very different'", Belfast Telegraph, 21 March 2011:

     "We want the character to look different, feel different, sound different. The back story of the character's different, the origin of the story is expanded upon in ways that the first movie didn't hint at, at all. […] It's pretty much a reboot, only with the same actor, which makes it: a requel. Or a seboot."

Quotations

• For more quotations using this term, see Citations:requel.

Related terms

• interquel
• midquel
• prequel
• sequel
• threequel