"brief discourse" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when discussing any kind of concise discussion, such as a lecture, essay, or conversation. Example sentence: I was able to gain insight into the topic after attending the professor's brief discourse.
Would you permit a brief discourse on the state of verbal humor in modern screen comedy?
Unsurprisingly, Cardinal Grech began his brief discourse with a reference to St. Peter, whose successor was about to be chosen.
After a brief discourse on the conventional diffusion-control model, the topics related to the boundary conditions at the electrode surface during hydrogen extraction are extensively reviewed.
He then proceeded to give us a wine-tasting of rare and exotic bottles, each one served with a brief discourse.
He then segued into a brief discourse on "discretionary" federal spending, like defense, and "mandatory" federal spending, like Social Security and other entitlements.
On today's school visit he pauses on his way to the assembly hall to shake the hands of both receptionists and beguile them with a brief discourse on St Swithin.
In this volume, Heroicus and Gymnasticus, two works of equal creativity and sophistication, together with two brief Discourses (Dialexeis), complete the Loeb Classical Library edition of his writings.
Of course these brief remarks about the discourse function of tense and aspect barely touch the tip of the iceberg.
The shorter Encheiridion (titled in English either Manual or Handbook) is a brief abridgment of the Discourses, apparently including the four or more additional volumes of Discourses that circulated in antiquity.
Research institutes and other associations analyze data, publish reports and policy briefs, and host public discourse on global financial affairs.
The review and synthesis concludes with brief recommendations for future theoretical discourse as well as clinical and non-clinical research.
