Duology

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A dilogy is also a rhetorical figure making use of ambiguity.

A duology, or dilogy is a set of two works of art, usually a two-part series relating to literature or film, that develop a single theme over two works.^{[citation needed]} It may or may not involve a sequel and/or prequel.

Contents 1 Examples 1.1 Literature 1.2 Cinema 2 See also

[edit] Examples

[edit] Literature

• The Iliad and the Odyssey, ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer which deal with the Trojan war and its aftermath.
• Prometheus Bound and Prometheus Unbound, two ancient Greek plays, allegedly written by Aeschylus, that tell the story from Greek mythology about the Titan Prometheus.
• Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, the two epic poems by John Milton, the second of which is a sequel.
• Lirael and Abhorsen by Garth Nix (although these books are often cited as being part of a trilogy with the standalone "Sabriel" written in the same universe.
• Howl's Moving Castle and Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones
• The Hand of Thrawn by Timothy Zahn, which is set in the Star Wars universe.
• The Stars Are Cold Toys and Seekers of the Sky by Sergey Lukyanenko, which are Russian science-fiction books.

[edit] Cinema

• Before Sunrise and Before Sunset starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy
• The biopics Guerrilla and The Argentine starring Benicio del Toro as Che Guevara
• The Ernst Thälmann films from 1954 and 1955, which are a biopic of a communist leader. The films were from East Germany.
• The Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and Godzilla: Tokyo SOS Japanese films
• The films Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima directed by Clint Eastwood
• Ilium/Olympus by Dan Simmons
• The Kill Bill Volume 1 and 2 films by Quentin Tarantino
• The Icelandic films Börn and Foreldrar by Ragnar Bragason
• "The French Connection" and "The French Connection II" starring Gene Hackman

[edit] See also

• Double feature
• Sequel
• Prequel
• Trilogy
• Tetralogy
• Heptalogy