"as a recurrent theme" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something that is mentioned or discussed frequently throughout a text or conversation. For example, "American patriotism was a recurrent theme in the President's speech."
Gerard Mortier's Ruhr Triennale festival last summer in Germany had angels as a recurrent theme, topped by the American video artist Bill Viola's amazing installation in a gigantic decommissioned natural-gas tank called "Five Angels for the Millennium".
Decades after the height of the civil rights movement, questions involving race and ethnicity persist as a recurrent theme before the Supreme Court, and attitudes on those issues remain a significant prism through which nominees are evaluated by those on the left and the right.
Sustainability of the programme especially post-2014, when international support will be withdrawn or minimized, emerged as a recurrent theme.
'Incivility' emerged as a recurrent theme: a lack of respect for the neighbourhood environment by residents and negligence by local authorities – whether the police or local council.
Participants' experiences suggest that there are different journeys into management, in which both external and internal pressure emerged as a recurrent theme.
Therefore all aspects dealt with in previous sessions, will again be paid attention to and at the end of this sixth session, as a recurrent theme, the focus again will be on invitingly touching the woman's belly.
Race is a recurrent theme, as is sexuality; ultimately, so is America itself (the subject of Jones's latest company work.
Her reach for history was a recurrent theme as well.
Frustrated communication, whether the consequence of a Skype encounter or a tête-à-tête, is a recurrent theme, as is the quest for the elusive person or place that allows one to feel at home.
Pulling's girls return – as mums It's a recurrent theme in Horgan's work: what if?
Their desire has resurfaced as greed for food". A recurrent theme in all such debates is a juxtaposition of European countries' treatment of the hijab with their attitude towards homosexuality.
