Sexuality Immersed in Ecocriticism – A Critical Examination of Zaibunissa Hamidullah’s “The Bull and the She-Devil”

Abstract

The aim of the research is to explore the dynamics of sexual tension persistent between and inhibiting the unification of Ghulam Qadir and Shirin. The objective of the study is attained by unearthing sensuality by dint of a symbiotic relationship of nature and libidinal desires. Furthermore, Qadir’s proclivity for sadistic machismo renders the culmination of pleasure in pain, akin to the zenith in BDSM. The persisting research is imperative as Hamidullah’s work has not been hitherto studied as a subtle manifestation of BDSM; that too through the natural environ.

                The primary tool for the critical study is Zaibunissa Hamidullah’s short story “The Bull and the She-Devil” from her collection “The Young Wife and Other Stories”. Cheryll Glotfelty’s theory of Ecocriticism and the fundamentals of BDSM form the secondary tools. Future researchers can navigate the tropes of South Asian folk tradition in the short story. It is a qualitative and non-inter-disciplinary research.