The phrase 'illuminate the topic' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to explain or shed light onto a particular topic. For example, "This article will attempt to illuminate the topic of the power of positive thinking."
Often the degree to which art calls attention to itself as art is inversely related to its ability to illuminate the ostensible topic.
She is the executive producer of the Academy Award-winning documentary Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1, Boy Interrupted, and the upcoming Every Brilliant Thing, all of which incisively illuminate the complex topic of suicide.
If the intent of TIME magazine and organizations like Women for Afghan Women was to illuminate the taboo topic of violence against women with this picture -- I am all for it.
The 39-year-old artist also hopes to illuminate the often restricted topic of mental health, particularly for women, through her work.
Neither can illuminate the central issue.
Pathogen-syndrome associations were time-stamped by publication date to illuminate the rise and fall of topics in infectious disease research.
Radiologists are in a key position to illuminate this topic as their perception is refined through experiences with a multitude of referrals, interaction with clinicians and patients, and knowledge of indications for imaging.
Objective: to describe conversational topics concerning childbirth and illuminate the meanings of childbirth within the discourse of ante- and postnatal midwifery consultations.
To clarify this overlooked topic, empirical social science research should be conducted to illuminate the views and reasoning of physicians, patients, and members of the public on the limits of the duty of care.
It might also help illuminate the origins of behavioural differences between breeds, and thus provide insight into a delicate topic, the genetics of behaviour.
