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English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world. The English language has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon invaders in the fifth century, are called Old English. Beowulf is the most famous work in Old English, and has achieved national epic status in England, despite being set in Scandinavia. However, following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the written form of the Anglo-Saxon language became less common. Under the influence of the new aristocracy, French became the standard language of courts, parliament, and polite society. The English spoken after the Normans came is known as Middle English. This form of English lasted until the 1470s, when the Chancery Standard (late Middle English), a London-based form of English, became widespread. Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400), author of The Canterbury Tales, was a significant figure in the development of the legitimacy of vernacular Middle English at a time when the dominant literary languages in England were still French and Latin. The invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in 1439 also helped to standardise the language, as did the King James Bible (1611), and the Great Vowel Shift. Poet and playwright William Shakespeare (1564–1616) is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and one of the world's greatest dramatists. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. In the nineteenth century Sir Walter Scott's historical romances inspired a generation of painters, composers, and writers throughout Europe. The English language spread throughout the world with the development of the British Empire between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. At its height, it was the largest empire in history. By 1913, the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, 23% of the world population at the time, During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries these colonies and the USA started to produce their own significant literary traditions in English. Cumulatively, over the period of 1907 to the present, numerous writers from Great Britain, both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the US, and former British colonies have received the Nobel Prize for works in the English language, more than in any language. ..More on Wikipedia

Universities with the lowest accepted score to the program
Al Ahliyyeh Amman University	60.0
University of Jordan	98.5
University of Petra	60.0
Jordan University of Science and Technology	95.8
Yarmouk University	90.4
Mutah University	92.9
Al Balqa Applied University	92.1
Al Hussein Bin Talal University	85.0
Tafila Technical University	65.0
Middle East University	60.0
Jadara University	60.0
Al Albayt University	91.9
The Hashemite University	95.4
Applied Science University	60.0
Philadelphia University	60.0
Isra University	60.0
Al Zaytoonah University	60.0
Zarqa University	60.0
Irbid National University	60.0
Jerash University	60.0
American University of Madaba	60.0
Arab Open University	60.0
Ajloun National University	60.0
World Islamic Sciences and Education University	87.7

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